Now and forevermore. Narrator if animals are our best friends, shouldnt we be theirs . Visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. Youll be in my heart no matter what. Cbs cares. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares in a major change of policy, medicare will now pay for end of Life Counseling for terminal patients. And our doctor jon lapook has more on this. Reporter amy berman is a former nurse who works at a Health Policy foundation. So five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer she knew to do her homework. What did you find . Its the worst form of Breast Cancer to get. Nobody survives it. When your Doctors First discussed your treatment plan, did they ask you what do you want . One doctor was perfection. She said we can trto hold back the cancer but not do th
Julianna, thank you. The cbs overnight news will be in a major change of policy, medicare will now pay for end of Life Counseling for terminal patients. And our doctor jon lapook has more on this. Reporter amy berman is a Health Policy foundation. So five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer she knew to do her what did you find . Its the worst form of breast nobody survives it. When your Doctors First discussed your treatment plan, did they ask you what do you want . One doctor was perfection. She said we can try to hold back the cancer but not do things that are unnecessary. I went to another dr. And this other doctor wanted to do the complete opposite kind of care, wanted to throw everything at the cancer, even though it wasnt going to change the outcome. Reporter berman chose only those treatments that ease pain. I really wanted to focus on living the best possible quality of life. Reporter dr. Diane meyer directs the center to advance palliative care, an emerg
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The cancer, even though it wasnt going to change the outcome. Reporter berman chose only those treatments that ease pain. I really wanted to focus on living the best possible quality of life. Reporter dr. Diane meyer directs the center to advance palliative care, an emerging field of medicine that addresses a patients quality life. At the outset of a serious illness its very important to talk to patients and families about what they can expect. What is the Natural History of this disease course, what is the time frame. Reporter now that medicare will reimburse doctors for advance Care Planning and end of life discussions, there should be more time for those discussions. Without those conversations somebody else is making all the decisions for us. And for you that was less aggressive care. For somebody else it might be more aggressive care. Right. Its whatever it is that that person is hoping to do for their own health. Reporter the cancer has but berman is continuing to work and play,
In a major change of policy medicare will now pay for end of Life Counseling for terminal patients. And our doctor john la puk has more on this. Reporter five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer she knew to do her homework. What did you find . Its the worst form of Breast Cancer to get. Nobody survives it. When your Doctors First discussed your treatment plan, did they ask you what do you want . One doctor was perfection. She said we can try to hold back the cancer but not do things that are unnecessary. I went to another dr. And this other doctor wanted to do the complete opposite kind of care wanted to throw everything at the cancer even though it wasnt going to change the outcome. Reporter berman chose only those treatments that ease pain. I really wanted to focus on living the best possible quality of life. Reporter dr. Diane meyer directs the center to address pail yachtive care an emerging field of medicine that addresses a patients quality life. At the out