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Jeanne Erdmann

Freelance, The open notebook (website)

Jeanne Erdmann is a health and science writer whose work has appeared in Discover, and Slate, among others. She co-produces The Open Notebook, a site for science journalists, and lives in Wentzville, Missouri.

Written by Jeanne Erdmann

An elderly woman in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen tube, gently petting a small dog. She has a blue wristwatch on.

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Final independence

Nobody wants a protracted, dehumanised death: why is it still so easy for doctors to ignore a dying patient’s wishes?

Jeanne Erdmann