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A VA hospital you may not know: the Final Salute, and how much we doctors care

  • Written by Sanjay Saint, George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
A veteran salutes a flag. There is often a final one that occurs inside a VA hospital.flysnowfly/Shutterstock.com

Death is never easy. Even when expected, a person’s death leaves a void for those who remain. As a physician, it is especially difficult for me when one of my patients dies.

I practice medicine at one of America’s...

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