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Timothy Ihrig: What we can do to die well
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The healthcare industry in America is so focused on pathology, surgery and pharmacology — on what doctors "do" to patients — that it often overlooks the values of the human beings it's supposed to care for. Palliative care physician Timothy Ihrig explains the benefits of a different approach, one that fosters a patient's overall quality of life and navigates serious illness from diagnosis to death with dignity and compassion.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;TEDx;aging;cancer;choice;communication;compassion;death;economics;health;health care;humanity;identity;medicine;pharmaceuticals;self;TEDxDesMoines;2013
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