I have noticed, during my last ailment, that whether it is the doctor’s, institution’s, insurance company’s or government’s regulations, the first approach to providing medical services to patients is a quick shuffle and grab the money.

As I get closer to death, I find that the care process seems to be always getting kicked down the road until the very end comes.

I would suggest that more consideration be given to patients’ emotional, spiritual and physical comfort, including pain control, prior to their final days and hours.

Ralph Nadeau, formerly of Auburn, sent in posthumously by his daughter