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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | End of Life Decisions | PBS

Duration: 07:19
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1306
Broadcast Date: Oct. 9, 2009

Right now, in most states, when a dying patient can no longer communicate, doctors have no choice but to keep care going, even if it is painful for the patient, expensive, and unlikely to do any good. But is that necessarily the right thing to do?

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