Category / Advance Care Planning
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A Practical Advance Directive Survey
A survey of 11 Kansas City hospitals showed support for advance care planning.
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Advance Directives – Are They Effective?
Have advance directives led to progress in patients’ rights?
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Project Talk
Can family philanthropy advance health, healthcare and science?
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The Case of John: Refusal to Eat in a Long-Term Care Facility
John is a strongly independent 92-year-old widower of many years, with no children. Is he done living?
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The Case of Jennie M: To Tube Feed or Not
Jennie has an advance directive which does not address artificial nutrition. Who makes this decision now that Jennie can’t speak for herself?
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The Case of Jesse, Unrepresented and Homeless
A 60-year-old homeless man, “Jesse,” is found confused and in distress by a passerby who calls 911. Paramedics bring the man to the hospital. Jesse’s feet and legs are swollen and covered in ulcers and dead tissue—diagnosed as osteomyelitis, or infection of his legs.
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