The fall: aligning the best care with standards of care at the end of life.
When her mother is hurt, a health care executive finds that the standardized care she championed isn't always appropriate.
Patricia Gabow (patriciagabow@gmail.com) is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and former CEO of Denver Health. The author thanks Philip Stahel, director of orthopedics at Denver Health, for his care of her mother and his technical contributions to this essay.
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