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Short: 'If We’re Lucky We Get To Think About How We Want To Die'

Margaret J. Krauss
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90.5 WESA
Hospice nurse Theresa Brown starts each work day from home with a review of which patients she’ll see.";

Life ends. It’s a fact, but not one that most of us encounter on a daily basis. Theresa Brown does; she’s a hospice nurse for Healthcare @ Home, part of the Allegheny Health Network. She says hospice is really about providing care for an entire family as they encounter the reality of death. “We are all going to die,” she says. “If we’re lucky we get to think about how we want to die.”

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