Category / Advance Care Planning / Public and Population Health
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Organ Donations and Presumed Consent
Should presumed consent be part of advance care planning?
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Organ Donation: The Ethics of First Person Consent
There are more people who need organs than there are organs available.
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National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day.
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Medical Futility: Wrong Medicine?
Lawrence Schneiderman, professor emeritus at the University of California at San Diego and co-author of a new book, Wrong Medicine – Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment, discusses new approaches to the concept of medical futility.
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To Feed or Not to Feed?
That’s the question facing medical professionals and families about the use of artificial nutrition and hydration.
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Grace Before Dying
“Grace Before Dying” is a traveling exhibit portraying a hospice program run by prisoners in Louisiana.
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Have You Had the Talk
Naming an agent is an important decision.
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Having “The Talk”- National Healthcare Decisions Day
Do you have an advance directive?
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Hope in Pediatric Palliative Care
Chris Feudtner, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, explains the concept of thinking and feeling your way through pediatric palliative care.
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Introducing The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project helps people talk about their end of life wishes.
