PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Allen, Richard E.
TI  - Boy Scouts for Henry
AID  - 10.1370/afm.373
DP  - 2006 Jan 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 79--80
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/4/1/79.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/4/1/79.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2006 Jan 01; 4
AB  - “Can we do anything for you?” The question was embarrassing. Henry had been poked and prodded and preserved far beyond his wishes. In a medical system that scorns comfort care, a resident physician is troubled by the case of an elderly man with poor quality of life. An awkward attempt at a Boy Scout service project emphasizes how poorly we comfort the terminally ill despite modern technology and interventionalism.