WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT DYING?
29 March 2010
Dr. Michael de Ridder says that, “today about one in 20 patients survives resuscitation. Take away those who leave the hospitals requiring long-term intensive care
and the success rate drops.”
Michael de Ridder, the head of the emergency ward at a Berlin hospital discusses how modern medical advances are making death more complicated for patients with little hope of living. He makes a plea for doctors to allow people to die with greater dignity.
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