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NEJM Interview: Dr. Melissa Wachterman on cultural factors and financial incentives driving where people in the United States choose to die.

Published: March 16, 2022, 3:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Melissa Wachterman is a palliative care physician and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.W. Wachterman and Others. Where Americans Die \\u2014 Is There Really \\u201cNo Place Like Home\\u201d? N Engl J Med 2022;386:1008-1010.'