Advance Care Planning (ACP): What and Who
I have asked every possible question.
A mom speaks frankly about her need to ask every possible question, including the especially difficult ones, such as what her child’s body will look like after death and where the body will be at the funeral home. “At first the answers were too scary to ask the quesitons, but I knew I had them in my head and eventually I got to the point where I finally I was about to ask.”
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The road to DNR: Only when the situation called for it; timing is everything.
"We should talk." Advance Care Planning in Primary Care Pediatrics.
Anticipatory Guidance: Dr. Hauer helped me anticipate how the end might look, coming on slowly.
Some people ask questions. Others don’t.
It's helpful to ask questions about end-of-life. You can never have too much information. It is good to have a plan.
A cardiac heart failure MD: Having goals of care talks at non-crisis times
Creating space to do Advance Care Planning: Name it to Tame It.
I knew I wanted to donate his tumor to research.
I have asked every possible question.
When we can educate families about what to expect, they are less fearful.
Parenting a Medically Complex Child: Palliative Care helped us plan his end-of-life at home
Doctors should know that getting past the fear of it is the biggest step.
Medical Order forms: Do Not Resuscitate, Allow Natural Death