Dan Morhaim, MD

There’s a surge in a new type of litigation: “wrongful life” lawsuits. These lawsuits emerge when hospitals and clinicians don’t bother to obtain or choose to ignore a patient’s documented care planning wishes.

If you think end-of-life care is a topic only for oncologists or gerontologists, think again.

End-of-life care discussions with patients are critical for physicians of any specialty, but especially primary care.