Category / Advance Care Planning
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Creating Caring Conversations for Young Adults
Caring Conversations for Young Adults
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Balancing Faith and Politics
Episcopal priest and retired Missouri U.S Senator and attorney general John Danforth presented the keynote address at the Center’s 25th Anniversary Annual Dinner in 2009.
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Without Regrets: A Nurse’s Advice about Aging and Dying
Caring for our frail parents, spouses and friends is fraught with choices and decisions.
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Advance Directives and Spending at the End of Life
Causal link between advance care planning, spending and burdens on families.
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Ambivalence about End of Life Planning and Assisted Suicide
In 2012, American Medical News reported two not wholly unrelated articles.
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DNR Orders and Foregoing Treatment
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests Do Not Resuscitate orders may prompt caregivers to forego treatments that patients may have wanted.
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Frail Elderly Avoiding Unwanted Hospitalizations
Advance care planning is important for frail elderly patients.
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From POLST to TPOPP in California and Beyond
POLST coalitions (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) are developing across the country.
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POLST to TPOPP
POLST coalitions (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) are developing across the country.
