End-of-life talks difficult but shouldn't be avoided

Hoven talks about about end-of-life care which is on front burner again, as they should be, given health system reform, their critical updating of medical education requirements and their aging population. But they are on the front burner for the wrong reason. After being left out of the health reform legislation, new regulations suggested that physicians offer--and be paid for doing so--annual discussions with Medicare patients about end-of-life care. Hoven presents discusses the coverage on end-life-care.