An elderly woman taken last year to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., had suffered a massive stroke and could no longer speak, eat or drink. Although she had an advance directive specifying no ...

The next step for Advanced Care Planning Decisions in their work to help patients make end-of-life decisions is to embed patient video into an electronic medical record to make advanced directives ...

As a "death counselor," I would like to respond to Charles Krauthammer's Aug. 21 column "The truth about death counseling." I have worked in health care since 1981 as a medical social worker and as a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom recently sat us down at the dinner table to talk about her wishes if something were to happen to her. She says we should all have advance directives made, but I feel like I’m ...

HELENA - Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath Tuesday announced the availability of the Montana End-of-Life Registry, a free statewide service that helps Montanans record their wishes for end-of-life ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Families of patients who completed advance directives before their deaths tend to feel their loved ones received somewhat better end-of-life care, according to a new study.

Last month, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill lawmakers passed called “Deb’s Law” that enables terminally ill patients to request a prescription from their doctor to end their ...

Every April 16, National Healthcare Decisions Day serves as a critical reminder: While we can’t always control the turbulence of life, we can prepare for a smooth landing. Whenever I fly, I’m reminded ...

She died 13 days later. An advance directive would have avoided the national controversy and the public suffering her loved ones endured, Kofstad said. People can have a heart attack or get into an ...

During death those closest sometimes are unaware of what a dying loved one's wishes are. Advanced directives help alleviate some of the stress for everyone, before and after the passing. Death is ...

The Colorado Legislature again this session failed to advance end-of-life power of control to residents. That cautious and narrow right, which in its more recent form would have given those deemed ...

Many nursing home residents have a fairly pain-free experience until the end of life, but at least a third suffer persistent, significant pain during their last six months, according to a new study ...