Prepare for your care to ensure your end-of-life treatment wishes
“End-of-Life decisions should not be made at the end of life” – Un-credited (Continue reading ...)
To avoid unwanted medical treatment: choose a bulldog surrogate to fight for you
"Your choice of surrogate may be more important than your living will." (Continue reading ...)
Making Your Final Wishes Known
A new workbook by a Minneapolis cardiologist offers guidance and reflective prompts to prepare for conversations with loved ones about end-of-life topics. (Continue reading ...)
Organized Medicine Wants to Control Your Death. Acquiesce – or Exercise Your Autonomy.
Managing dying and death is difficult enough. But if you do nothing, you’ll be a pawn in a profit-driven medical system. (Continue reading ...)
The “Shell Game” is Deadly Serious, and Fraught With Room for Mistakes
When dementia looms, how do you define ‘guideposts’ to signal: Enough is enough? (Continue reading ...)
Avoid becoming a victim of the U.S. end-of-life care system: Choose wisely
American healthcare is supposed to help. At end of life, too often it victimizes us. (Continue reading ...)