The California Healthcare Foundation has released a new "Snapshot" report summarizing "Californians' Attitudes and Experiences with Death and Dying." Here are some key takeaways:
- 7% want to receive "everything available" to prolong life (while a majority prefer a natural death)
- 56% have not discussed their preferences (though 71% of those 65+ have)
- 77% have not put their wishes in writing
- Nearly 50% said that their loved one's wishes were not completely honored and follows (and 75% of those without insurance report this)
- But the graph that really struck me was this one below. 92% report that their doctor has never talked with them about their wishes.
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