Care decision guides are available on-line
The American Health Lawyers Association has released a guide outlining the key legal and practical issues that arise in the care of individuals who face a life-limiting condition.
The resource provides key questions to guide families in making decisions along the continuum of care, and stresses that individuals should plan for the future and make informed choices now to ensure that their wishes are known at a future time when their physical and/or mental functioning may be impaired.
The guide can be read on-line or downloaded at www.healthlawyers.org.
The American Hospital Association (www.aha.org), meanwhile, has launched a national education campaign, "Put it in Writing," to encourage Americans to document their end-of-life preferences in advance directives while they are still healthy and able to make decisions.
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