Media Coverage

Media from across the country - and around the world - regularly cover news at UCSF. Below read recent summaries of some of the top coverage of UCSF's excellence and innovation, with links to stories published in newspapers and online, and covered by television and radio.

Recent Media Coverage

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A Novel Way to Document End-of-Life Preferences
July 26, 2013
New York Times
A Downside of Living Longer: Oldest Often Disabled in Last Months
July 09, 2013
Los Angeles Times
High Disability Rates Persist in Old Age
July 08, 2013
New York Times - The New Old Age
Two Web Sites to Visit
June 27, 2013
New York Times - The New Old Age
Los Angeles Leads Nation in Medicare Spending on End-of-Life Care
June 12, 2013
Los Angeles Times
Pulling the Plug: ICU 'Culture' Key to Life or Death Decision
May 22, 2013
MSNBC
Palliative Therapy Teams Coordinate Care
March 12, 2013
San Francisco Chronicle
National Institute of Medicine Will Recommend Ways to Improve End-of-Life Care
January 11, 2013
San Jose Mercury News
Cost of Dying: Some Bay Area Hospitals Combat Death Aggressively with Expensive Treatment
December 10, 2012
San Jose Mercury News
Forced to Choose: Exploring Other Options
December 03, 2012
New York Times - The New Old Age
Forced to Choose: Nursing Home vs. Hospice
November 30, 2012
New York Times
Do Seniors Turn to the Right Places at End of Life?
October 02, 2012
Reuters
Does Palliative Care Belong in the ER?
July 24, 2012
Reuters
Dutch Euthanasia Rates Unchanged after Legalization
July 11, 2012
Yahoo! News
Profiles of Excellence: Dr. BJ Miller
July 10, 2012
KGO-TV ABC Ch 7, SF Bay Area
Better Preparation Could Improve the Quality of Death--and Life--for Terminal Patients
July 09, 2012
Scientific American