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To: nicmarlo

That doesn't surprise me, the patient's consulting physician had not signed it, the 'diagnosis' was handwritten - added in later goodness-knows-by-whom, Terri's life expectancy on the form is shown as 6 months after the insurance payout was calculated for a life of 40 or more years.
I'm supposing the same applies in this case. The admittance form would show a life expectancy of 6 months, and the signatures of the doctor/s would be missing. They have to be missing, because no conclusion has been reached. It's the same all over again, there's a chance this woman will die before the paper-work is finished, they don't even wait for the ink to dry.
If this woman's granddaughter had wanted her to live, she would have taken granny to a Nursing Home, not a Hospice. She's a clever one. Nursing homes cost money.


1,349 posted on 04/08/2005 11:56:27 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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Good Morning, Fred Nerks. Just wanted to pop a quick hello, and say, "IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE."


1,353 posted on 04/09/2005 12:24:31 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "He's down by the river, walkin' on the water")
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