Airing on the November 22nd edition of CBS's 60 Minutes, "The Cost of Dying" explores the extraordinary amount of money spent on people at the very end of their lives. Research funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) was cited and Dr. Eliot Fisher from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice explained how many patients end up dying in intensive care units because it is the "path of least resistance" - the easiest way for doctors to manage them.
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