Past Contest Entries

Power to the Patient

Took the issue of the huge amount of health care dollars spent at the end of life and chose various patients to represent different facets of that. One patient who opted NOT to go on dialysis. Another who went whole-hog on heart care, and another who tackled cancer for a while, and then stopped at a point when she felt her quality of life was not what it should be.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2013

Category:

  • Health Policy (large)

Affiliation:

The Virginian-Pilot

Reporter:

Elizabeth Simpson

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