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We Need to Talk

On June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 By Becky MacDonell-YilmazIn #useyourwords, end of life, palliative care, the rest of lifeLeave a comment

All of us. To our doctors. To our patients. To one another. My first article for Doximity's Op-Med talks about how and why: https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/why-i-m-grateful-my-mother-used-to-tell-me-how-she-wanted-to-die  

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