我访问一位亲爱的年轻朋友，在安宁疗护的单位，在我们当地的医院。
I was visiting a dear young friend in the palliative care unit in our local hospital.
58岁的库尼是佛罗里达州棕榈滩县安宁疗护医院的医疗助理总监，她说：“我希望接受姑息疗法。”
"I wanted it all," says Cooney, 58, who's also the assistant medical director of Hospice of Palm Beach County in Florida.
58岁的库尼是佛罗里达州棕榈滩县安宁疗护医院的医疗助理总监，她说：“我希望接受姑息疗法。”
"I wanted it all," says Cooney, 58, who's also the assistant medical director of Hospice of Palm Beach County in Florida. "I received very aggressive chemo."
在专家们争论了数年之后，这是第一项重大研究结果。 痴呆症是一种不治之症，而病人们需要缓和疗护。
This is the first large study to show what specialists have been arguing for years.
过去15年间，作为一名老年病学及舒缓疗护医生，我和无数即将走到生命尽头的病人进行过多次坦诚对话。
Over the last 15 years, as a geriatrics and palliative care doctor, I have had candid conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives.
“我们忘记了脑为我们做了所有的事情——控制心脏，肺，消化道和新陈代谢。” 当那些系统出了问题，病人们常常受到积极地治疗，而不是缓和疗护。
We forget the brain does everything for us — controls the heart, the lungs, the gastrointestinal tract, the metabolism.
“我们忘记了脑为我们做了所有的事情——控制心脏，肺，消化道和新陈代谢。” 当那些系统出了问题，病人们常常受到积极地治疗，而不是缓和疗护。
We forget the brain does everything for us — controls the heart, the lungs, the gastrointestinal tract, the metabolism.
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