Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Life is a terminal condition; everyone who lives eventually dies. So medicine’s role is not just to treat and possibly cure diseases, but to improve the ...

I had hoped that by now most adults in this country would have completed an advance directive for medical care and assigned someone they trusted to represent their wishes if and when they are unable ...

Medical emergencies and unexpected health crises can occur at any age. Advance care planning encourages people to consider potential future scenarios and plan accordingly, even if they’re young and ...

One of the few certainties in life is that it will end. Although most people don't like to think about it, death will come to each of us. At any time, you could be in a serious accident, fall into a ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people, both old and young were faced with serious illness or a medical emergency that required vital decisions about their medical care, and sometimes those ...

Advanced directives and COVID: An interview with geriatrician Leslie Kernisan As North Carolina slowly opens up after the first wave of coronavirus, it is a wise time to discuss the wishes of frail ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- Advance directives do have an impact on health care at the end of life, especially in regions of the country with high spending on end-of-life care, according to a University of ...

Five minutes. That is all I had to make my case: to convince this 80-year-old man to fill out an advanced care directive. John, as I’ll call him, had served in the military for over thirty years, ...

I had hoped that by now most adults in this country would have completed an advance directive for medical care and assigned someone they trusted to represent their wishes if and when they are unable ...

Terri Schiavo's family probably never imagined the decisions they would have to make regarding her care. But the court battle surrounding this 41-year-old woman, who was in a vegetative state since a ...