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End of Life Issues

Planning for the end of life can be difficult. But by deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy, you can help those close to you make the right choices when the time comes.

End-of-life planning usually includes making choices about the following:

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  1. End of Life Issues (National Library of Medicine)  
    Planning for the end of life can be difficult. But by deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy, ... make the right choices when the time comes. End-of-life planning usually includes making choices about the following: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/endoflifeissues.html - Health Topics
  2. Hospice Care (National Library of Medicine)  
    Hospice care is end-of-life care. A team of health care professionals and volunteers provides it. They give medical, psychological, and spiritual support. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hospicecare.html - Health Topics
  3. Do-not-resuscitate order 
    ... Accessed February 13, 2024. Shreves A, Quest TE. End of life. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000473.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Deciding about treatments that prolong life 
    ... the injury is the main cause of the end of life, not the removal of life support equipment. To ... Elsevier; 2020:chap 52. Shreves A, Quest TE. End of life. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000468.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. End of Life Care (AGS Health in Aging Foundation)  
    Medical Ethics/Learn More ... Medical Ethics ... End of Life Issues/Specifics ... End of Life Issues ... AGS Health in Aging Foundation ... Advances in medical treatments and ...
    https://www.healthinaging.org/.../end-life-care - External Health Links
  6. Heart failure - palliative care 
    ... providers and your family about the kind of end-of-life care you want when you are being treated ... wish to stay in their homes during the end of life period. This is often possible with the support ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000365.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Hospice care 
    ... L, Abrahm JL. Caring for patients at the end of life. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Kastan MB, Doroshow ... Elsevier; 2020:chap 51. Shreves A, Quest TE. End of life. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000467.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    End-of-life care conversations and decisions are important for young people with end-stage cancer or terminal cancer. ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/types/aya/end-of-life - External Health Links
  9. When your child's cancer treatment stops working 
    ... services to help children and parents cope with end-of-life issues.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000852.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. End-of-Life Care for People Who Have Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    ... family members, and caregivers may have about the end of life.
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../care-choices/care-fact-sheet - External Health Links
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