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Hospice Care, Living Wills & Advance
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Controversial
cases like the one surrounding Terri
Schiavo in the U.S. has led to increased awareness of
quality of life issues as never before.
Technological
advances in medicine have helped extend people's lives far
beyond what was unthinkable only half a century ago. Today,
topics like living
wills, and advance directives are fast becoming the subject
of discussion everywhere from professional symposiums to the
family dinner table.
Find
out more at top sites that address the subject with news stories,
facts, and info on how you can best decide to leave the planet
in light of 21st century medical technology...
MedlinePlus:
Hospice Care
- Excellent source of updated news, information, and links
to resources and feature articles on living wills, advance
directives, and hospice care.
Hospice
and Home Care -
Resources, information, audio presentations, and links to
palliative care and pain management, eldercare, grief and
bereavement, searchable international
hospice directory, online bookstore, free newsletter.
Advance
Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders - Good, clear
overview of how to write an advance directive in the event
of permanent unconsciousness or terminal illness, what to
discuss with your doctors and family beforehand, related discussions
on living wills and power of attorney.
Consumer's
Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning -
Comprehensive information from the American Bar Association
presenting the hard facts and considerations with helpful
Q&A worksheets, a guide to initiating a potentially difficult
conversation with family members, advice for caretakers and
health care proxies, and related resources.
AARP
Life Answers :: End of Life
- One-stop browsing for facts and information on issues including
hospice care, palliative care and pain management, advance
directives, wills and estates, plus related Web resources
for consumers
and professionals.
BBC
News | Health | Euthansia Special Report - In-depth
look at current pro-choice and pro-life issues, famous UK
legal cases, and the outlook on advances in medical technology
which are bound to continue to fuel the debate well into the
future.
Voluntary
Euthanasia - From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
raising more questions than it asks including a brief history
of the basic concepts and issues dating back to the ancient
Greeks, conditions proposed by modern-day proponents of the
practice, current objections, bibliography and related
resources.
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