Few things are more inconsistent than Americans’ attitude toward death. They want their doctors to “do everything” to keep them alive -- and they want to die peacefully and quietly, preferably at home. But unless there’s a way to blend "House" and "Forrest Gump" (think Sally Field’s deathbed scene), something is wrong with this picture. For frail, disabled, aging, or dying Americans, health care reform may offer a new image, in ways that were obscured or distorted during much of the political debate.

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