Tag / advance directives
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Case Study – Disagreement Over Advance Directive
Who decides if the medical team thinks care is non-beneficial and the family disagrees?
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Case Study – Angela C – Maternal Fetal Issues
Treatment wishes – is the response different because of pregnancy?
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Case Study – Alice’s Frail Mother
Do DNR orders matter?
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The Best Care Possible
The way Americans die in this country is a national disgrace, according to Dr. Ira Byock in his new book, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care through the End of Life.
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The Cruzan Family 20 Years Later
Twenty years after Nancy Cruzan died following years of litigation and public strife over the right to withdraw life-sustaining treatment, Nancy’s sister Chris Cruzan White and her two daughters, Angie Broaddus and Miranda Lewis, look back and at what lay ahead.
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The End of Life Scare
Health reform must address improving end-of-life care.
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Too Soon to Give up on Advance Directives
Where do advance directives stand after death of Terri Schiavo?
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Spirituality, Race and End of Life Care
What does spirituality and race have to do with end of life care?
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Status of End of Life Policy and Legislation at State and Federal Levels
Charles Sabatino, JD, director of the Commission on Law and Aging, American Bar Association, discusses his upcoming September 29, 2011, presentation at the 7th Annual Missouri End of Life Coalition Policy Summit
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Chronic Disease, Aging and End of Life Care
Most Americans will die of complications from a chronic disease.
