Tue Aug 22, 2023 – 10:05 am EDT
(BioEdge) — Fumio Yamazaki, a 75-year-old palliative care doctor, has been battling stage-4 cancer for four years. But despite his own illness, he has continued helping his terminally ill patients live out their final days with dignity.
Yamazaki began as a doctor in the 1970s, but quickly became disillusioned with the way dying patients were treated. He saw how patients were often left in the dark about their diagnoses, and how they were subjected to unnecessary and painful treatments.
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In 1990, Yamazaki published a book called “Dying in a Hospital,” in which he criticized the medical establishment for its treatment of dying patients. He called for a more holistic approach to end-of-life care, one that would focus on providing comfort and support to patients and their families.
He became a leading advocate for palliative care and helped to establish palliative care programs in hospitals and clinics across Japan. He has trained thousands of doctors and nurses in palliative care.
Yamazaki has chosen to forgo chemotherapy and radiation therapy for his colorectal cancer, and he is instead focusing
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