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News articles discussing end-of-life issues:

The New Yorker: Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?
by Atul Gawande

The New York Times: Frank Talk About Care at Life’s End
by Jane E. Brody

The New York Times: What Broke My Father’s Heart
by Katy Butler

The Washington Post: Answering ‘How Long Will I Live?’
When terminally ill patients ask how long they have, doctors find it hard to say
by Manoj Jain

NPR: Make End Of Life More Humane
by Dr. Atul Gawande

New York Times: Talking Frankly at the End of Life
by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.

New York Times: Months to Live: At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort 
by Anemona Hartocollis

New York Times: Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait 
by Denise Grady

New York Times: The Dance Before the Diagnosis
by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.

The Boston Globe: What the end-of-life conversation can bring
by Joan Anderman