Acute care

End-of-life care pathway 'used to cut costs'

By 2012-07-09T10:57:00

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Source: Karen Roach - Fotolia

Hospitals may be withholding food and drink from older patients so they die quicker to cut costs and save on bad spaces, leading doctors have warned.

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