Defining ‘End of Life’—Nursing Home Visitor Ban Raises Difficult Questions

3/29/20
 
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from The Wall Street Journal,
3/27/20:

Government measure to protect elderly from coronavirus brings uncertainty to families.

When the U.S. government barred family members from visiting relatives in nursing homes, it made an exception for “end of life situations”—setting off a painful, nationwide debate over the meaning of the phrase.

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