When an Advance Directive is in Place, Dying is More Dignified and Peaceful
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When an Advance Directive is in Place, Dying is More Dignified and Peaceful
A Belgian study suggests that when a nursing home patient has advanced directives in place, dying is more peaceful. Advance care planning is considered a central component of good quality palliative care and especially relevant for people who lose the capacity to make decisions at the end of life. Investigators...
Make Your End of Life Decisions While Your Life is in Full Bloom
There is a great article in the NYT in which they interview a now retired physician Robert L. Martensen about the state of health care. He observes that “most Americans die in hospitals or nursing homes, and neither is configured to take care of dying patients.” So you end up...