http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/ End-of-Life Choice, Palliative Care and Counseling Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/#comment-69 Compassion and Choices » Marriage Equality Won’t Help! Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:03:34 +0000 http://compassionandchoices.org/blog/?p=360#comment-69 [...] Planning for the end of life is never easy, but you can’t know when you or your loved ones might be faced with such decisions, so do it now before you are in an untenable position. Talk with your doctor. Talk to your family. (Yes, even married couples have to battle with parents and siblings — consider Terri Schiavo.) Consider under what circumstances you are willing to live and when you‘d be willing to stop the heroic measures. For each of us the choices are different, and the decisions change over time and with each circumstance. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t plan, think about and have conversations with your doctor and family. [...] [...] Planning for the end of life is never easy, but you can’t know when you or your loved ones might be faced with such decisions, so do it now before you are in an untenable position. Talk with your doctor. Talk to your family. (Yes, even married couples have to battle with parents and siblings — consider Terri Schiavo.) Consider under what circumstances you are willing to live and when you‘d be willing to stop the heroic measures. For each of us the choices are different, and the decisions change over time and with each circumstance. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t plan, think about and have conversations with your doctor and family. [...]

]]> http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/#comment-68 Compassion and Choices » Facing Death? Frontline Shows Who Will and Will Not Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:16:53 +0000 http://compassionandchoices.org/blog/?p=360#comment-68 [...] input. Until they change, patients and families must themselves face an approaching death and drive the discussion of end-of-life [...] [...] input. Until they change, patients and families must themselves face an approaching death and drive the discussion of end-of-life [...]

]]> http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/#comment-67 Compassion and Choices » New York’s Palliative Care Information Act: A Sea Change in End-of-Life Care Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:01:05 +0000 http://compassionandchoices.org/blog/?p=360#comment-67 [...] to choose a different course. But it will empower the thousands more who welcome an opening for the conversation they secretly yearn for. Those are likely to absorb what they hear eagerly and make informed, [...] [...] to choose a different course. But it will empower the thousands more who welcome an opening for the conversation they secretly yearn for. Those are likely to absorb what they hear eagerly and make informed, [...]

]]> http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/#comment-66 Health Care Friday | Bloggers For Change Fri, 29 May 2009 15:09:52 +0000 http://compassionandchoices.org/blog/?p=360#comment-66 [...] directives and compassionate end-of-life issues are tackled here at the Compassion & Choices [...] [...] directives and compassionate end-of-life issues are tackled here at the Compassion & Choices [...]

]]> http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2009/05/27/the-conversation/#comment-65 Health Care Friday | News Fu Fri, 29 May 2009 15:04:10 +0000 http://compassionandchoices.org/blog/?p=360#comment-65 [...] directives and compassionate end-of-life issues are tackled here at the Compassion & Choices blog. This March an important study appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine. A large, [...] [...] directives and compassionate end-of-life issues are tackled here at the Compassion & Choices blog. This March an important study appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine. A large, [...]

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