It involves preparing a will, appointing a power of attorney and filling out an advance care directive — a legally binding document that outlines a person's end-of-life preferences. "It's about ...

Don't leave your medical decisions to chance if you're incapacitated. The value of an Advanced Care Directive.

The best time to prepare your Advanced Medical Directive (pdf) is before a circumstance arises where one may be needed. An Advance Health Care Directive (or Advance Medical Directive) allows you to ...

According to new research, a prospective early-initiation telehealth protocol was feasible and registered a high degree of satisfaction for advance care directive planning in those with glioblastoma.

As a nurse, Kim Von Asten of Dousman, Wis., knows it’s important to document how you want to be cared for at the end of your life, or when you can no longer speak for yourself because of a major ...

Direct experience with life and death led one Florida nurse to the floor of the Capitol. She explains the legislative ...

Sue Starr has requested access to Voluntary Assisted Dying should she one day be diagnosed with dementia. But fulfilling that request would currently be illegal.