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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)  
    ... to spend your final days Which treatments for end-of-life care you wish to receive What type of palliative care and hospice care you wish to receive Advance directives can help make your wishes clear to your family and health care providers.
    https://medlineplus.gov/endoflifeissues.html - Health Topics
  2. Planning the Transition to End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    End of Life Issues/Specifics
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../advanced-cancer/planning/end-of-life-pdq - External Health Links
  3. Living Well with a Serious Illness (American College of Physicians) - PDF  
    End of Life Issues/Related Issues
    https://www.acponline.org/.../peace/serious_ill.pdf - External Health Links
  4. Cancer (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Cancer/Start Here ... Cancer ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/condition/cancer/?adfree=true - External Health Links
  5. Making Medical Decisions for a Loved One at the End of Life (American College of Physicians) - PDF  
    Advance Directives/Related Issues
    https://www.acponline.org/.../peace/med_decisions.pdf - External Health Links
  6. Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Health Screening/Related Issues ... Health Screening ... Health Insurance/Start Here ... Health Insurance ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/.../?adfree=true - External Health Links
  7. Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    End of Life Issues/Specifics ... End of Life Issues
    https://www.cancer.gov/types/aya/end-of-life - External Health Links
  8. Support for People with Cancer: Cancer Pain Control From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) - PDF  
    Pain Relievers/Specifics ... Pain Relievers ... Cancer/Treatments and Therapies ... Cancer ... National Cancer Institute ... PDF ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Support for ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../patient-education/paincontrol.pdf - External Health Links
  9. End of Life Issues - Multiple Languages 
    ... Are Here: Home → Multiple Languages → All Health Topics → End of Life Issues URL of this page: https://medlineplus.gov/languages/ ... V W XYZ List of All Topics All End of Life Issues - Multiple Languages To use the sharing features on ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/languages/endoflifeissues.html - Multiple Languages
  10. 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
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