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End of Life Issues

End of Life Issues (MedlinePlus)

This site provides resources such as dictionaries, directories, and organizations along with information on financial issues, the law, and other issues. Links are also provided to MedlinePlus related pages on Advance Directives, Bereavement, and Hospice Care.

Planning for the End of Life: Do it for Your Family (e-Health Library)

Describes advance directives such as Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney, and describes some of the decisions that patients and families face to consider in the last stages of life.

Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders (American Academy of Family
Physicians)

Describes different types of advance directive.

End of Life Care (e-Health Library)

Describes some of the options for care of the terminally ill.

Hospice Care (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Basic information about hospice care for the terminally ill.

Caregiver Stress (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Caring for a chronically ill person is often emotionally difficult. These pages are designed to help people who are caring for friends or family members.

Grieving: Facing Illness, Death and Other Losses (American Academy of Family
Physicians)

 

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