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Sandeep Jauhar

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Doctor, NYT op-ed writer, TED speaker / NYT bestselling author of "Intern," "Doctored," "Heart," and "My Father's Brain," a New Yorker Best Book of 2023
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Our Hospice System Subverts the Very Point of Hospice Care

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By Sandeep Jauhar
| The New York Times Verified
When my siblings and I decided to put our father in hospice care at his home in the spring of 2021, his Alzheimer’s was near end stage. He could barely get out of bed or dress or feed himself. Hospice care seemed to be the best way for him to end his life with dignity. Nearly all Medicare hospice patients receive care in their residence. So, as is standard, we enlisted the services of a Medicare-approved hospice agency. We soon encountered a harsh reality, however.
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Life after death: We need a new definition of death

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By Sandeep Jauhar, Snehal Patel, Deane Smith
| DT Next Verified
People die in many ways, but in medicine there are only two reasons a person can be declared dead: Either the heart has stopped or the brain has ceased to function, even if the heart is still beating. A person may serve as an organ donor only after being declared dead. (Until then, transplant surgeons are not allowed even to interact with a dying patient.) This commonsensical rule underpins organ donation in the United States and many other countries.
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Opinion | Donor Organs Are Too Rare. We Need a New Definition of Death. Original

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By Sandeep Jauhar, Snehal Patel, Deane Smith
| The New York Times Verified
People die in many ways, but in medicine there are only two reasons a person can be declared dead: Either the heart has stopped or the brain has ceased to function, even if the heart is still beating. A person may serve as an organ donor only after being declared dead. (Until then, transplant surgeons are not allowed even to interact with a dying patient.) This common-sensical rule underpins organ donation in the United States and many other countries.
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