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An advance health care directive is a kind of legal document that tells your doctor your wishes about your health care. Find general information about health care power of attorney, living wills, do-n... Details >

American Cancer Society  

This fact sheet provides patients with an outline for thinking about end-of-life issues and some guidelines for discussion with their doctors, families, and loved ones. This fact sheet is also designe... Details >

National Cancer Institute

Learn how advanced directives, such as a living will, durable power of attorney for health care, and do not resuscitate order, can be used to tell your doctor and loved ones what kind of treatment you... Details >

American Academy of Family Physicians  

Access to Medicare alternatives to nursing home care for persons who need such care but prefer to remain in their own home with the help of their family and friends, community services, and profession... Details >

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

This National Cancer Institute booklet was written to help persons who have gone through the struggles of diagnosis, treatment, and perhaps recurrence of cancer, persons for whom a cure or long-term r... Details >

National Cancer Institute

A new study may help parents make one of the most difficult decisions they could ever face: whether to discuss death with a child dying of cancer. ... Details >

American Cancer Society  

The Hospice Foundation of America hopes to equip you with enough knowledge and understanding of the dying process to guide you through your end-of-life journey. This document describes what to expect ... Details >

Hospice Foundation of America  

The process of dying, often referred to as "the end of life," can be puzzling and frightening to patients and caregivers. Find information on Advance Directives, communication with family and doctors,... Details >

American College of Emergency Physicians  

Compassion and Choices offers information to help those facing a terminal illness and their caregivers make decisions related to end of life care.... Details >

Compassion & Choices  

Find a local hospice or palliative care program offering compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, or call the NHPCO HelpLine at 800/658-8898.... Details >

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization