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HANOVER, N.H. — Edie Gieg, 85, strides ahead of people half her age and plays a fast-paced game of tennis. But when it comes to health care, she is a champion of “slow medicine,” an approach that encourages less aggressive — and less costly — care at the end of life.

slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly
Slow medicine, which shares with hospice care the goal of comfort rather than cure