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S1E119 Clip

"The 'Ham Sandwich' Cocktail: A Troubling Hospice Practice"

". . . to give a patient who is being combative - or the family's not being real nice to them or is questioning them. They threatened to give them a ham sandwich: Haldol, Ativan and Morphine. That will put the patient into a coma. They won't be able to eat. And they can't think, you know - you can't function and it causes more anxiety. It's a horrible thing to do to somebody . . ."

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