> we don’t know whether someone is near the end of their life or not Sometimes know, but, admitting it is harder than we want to believe. I can pull up statis

> we don’t know whether someone is near the end of their life or not Sometimes know, but, admitting it is harder than we want to believe. I can pull up statistics on a foot ulcer in a geriatric patient and point out that it usually (>50%) leads to amputation and that following an amputation most patients don't live a year and get called an asshole. I realized fairly quickly that the right course was to fight to make the next 12 months - 2 years "as good as possible." Organizing care and finances (dying is expensive).