(Segment digest from Medical Economics, September 16, 2005)
Advance directives for end-of-life care are necessary for both your patients and yourself. Whether you need a simple two-age document or a lengthy, probing questionnaire, here are some resources for both yourself and your patients.
Aging with Dignity's Five Wishes advance directive at http://www.agingwithdignity.org.
American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging's Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning at http://www.abanet.org/aging/toolkit/home.html.
ABA's Guide to Wills & Estates, Chapter 12, at http://www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/wills.
ABA, AARP and AMA's Shape Your Health Care Future with Health Care Advance Directives at http://www.abanet.org/ftp/pub/aging/adb.doc.
American Hospital Association's new advance directive web site at http://www.putitinwriting.org.
Compassion & Choices, an end-of-life advocacy organization at http://www.compassionandchoices.org.
The Federal Citizen Information Center's Final Wishes web page at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cfocus/cffinalwishes05/focus.htm.
The Medical Directive at http://www.medicaldirective.org.
National Hospital and Palliative Care Organization's advance directive web pages, including state specific forms, at http://www.nhpco.org.
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