Making Your Wishes Known for End-of-Life Care

Caring Conversations^®  is a consumer education initiative that helps individuals and their families share meaningful conversation while making practical preparations for end-of-life decisions. Each copy of Caring Conversations includes a healthcare directive document and a durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions.

Click below for your free copy of Caring Conversations. For multiple copies at a minimal charge, contact bioethic@practicalbioethics.org.

You will also find below links for Courageous Conversations, designed for military veterans to live out their lives with dignity and honor, and Caring Conversations for Young Adults, a starting point for young adults and their families to talk about topics like organ donation, do-not-resuscitate orders, and serious illness.

Copies are also available in Braille.

Revised Caring Conversations, March 2010

Caring Conversations for Young Adults

Caring Conversations, Spanish

Courageous Conversations

Healthcare Directive/Durable Power of Attorney, English

Healthcare Directive/Durable Power of Attorney, Spanish

Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Form (Kansas)

Kansas City Region - Out of Hospital Directive (Red rimmed form)

Witnessing Rules for Advance Directives in Missouri and Kansas