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Advocating for the Dying – The View of Family and Friends
Advocating for the Dying - The View of Family and Friends Imagine you are being forced to play a game ...

Reflections on Cultural Difference and Advance Directives
Advance care planning cannot assume a single meaning of autonomy ...

A Practical Advance Directive Survey
A survey of 11 Kansas City hospitals showed support for advance care planning ...

Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Different Approach
Physician Assisted Suicide - A Different Approach More requests for physician-assisted suicide are not due to present suffering. Steps must ...

Advance Directives – Are They Effective?
Have advance directives led to progress in patients’ rights? ...

Caring Conversations – A Partnership Between You and Your Agent
Appointing an agent is the beginning of a partnership ...

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? ...

The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother
Who is responsible for healthcare decisions of this 31-year-old African American woman? Should her advance directive be honored? ...