End of Life Issues Also called: Death and dying, Terminal care Summary Planning for the end of life can be difficult. But by deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy, you can help those close to you make the right choices when the time comes. End-of-life planning usually includes making choices about the following: The goals of care (for example, whether to use certain medicines during the last days of life) Where you want to spend your final days Which treatments for end-of-life care you wish to receive What type of palliative care and hospice care you wish to receive Advance directives can help make your wishes clear to your family and health care providers. National Institute of Nursing Research Specifics Advanced Illness: Feeding Tubes and Ventilators Family Caregiver Alliance Artificial Hydration and Nutrition American Academy of Family Physicians Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) American Academy of Family Physicians Coping with Advanced Cancer National Cancer Institute Dementia at the End of Life National Institute on Aging End of Life (Caring for a Dying Loved One) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research End of Life Care AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Final Days Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association How Can an Emergency Department Assist Patients and Caregivers at the End of Life? American College of Emergency Physicians Understanding Health Care Decisions (at the End of Life) National Institute on Aging What Happens When Someone Dies? National Institute on Aging When You Have Pain at the End of Life American College of Physicians Start Here Advanced Illness: Holding on and Letting Go Family Caregiver Alliance End of Life (Supporting a Terminally Ill Loved One) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research End of Life: Helping with Comfort and Care National Institute on Aging End-of-Life Care for People Who Have Cancer National Cancer Institute Last Days of Life (PDQ) National Cancer Institute Nearing the End of Life American Cancer Society Preparing for the End of Life National Institute of Nursing Research Related Issues Autopsy American Academy of Family Physicians Communication with Your Family and Your Doctor about Your Wishes American College of Emergency Physicians Conversations Before the Crisis: If Talking is So Important, Why Is it So Hard? National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Culturally Diverse Communities and End-of-Life Care American Psychological Association If You or Someone You Love is Very Ill…Ask Tough Questions National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Living Well with a Serious Illness: Talking with Your Doctor When the Future Is Uncertain American College of Physicians Look at End-of-Life Care Issues for Native Americans National Cancer Institute Offering Spiritual Support for Family or Friends National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Planning Your Own Funeral Federal Trade Commission Shopping for Funeral Services Federal Trade Commission Things to Do After Someone Dies National Institute on Aging Types of Funerals Federal Trade Commission Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Terminal Care National Institutes of Health Array Deciding about treatments that prolong life Do not resuscitate orders Palliative care – what the final days are like Children End-of-Life Care for Children with Terminal Illness (For Parents) Nemours Foundation Grieving the Loss of a Child American Society of Clinical Oncology When Somebody Dies Nemours Foundation Reference Desk Glossary Center to Advance Palliative Care Find an Expert National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Institute of Nursing Research National Institute of Nursing Research Journal Articles End of life care Funeral rites Encyclopedia Talking with a child about a parent’s terminal illness When your cancer treatment stops working When your child’s treatment stops working Latest News Elderly with Advanced Colon Cancer Often Get Costly, Dubious Treatments HealthDay How Much Time Is Left? Doctors, Loved Ones Often Disagree HealthDay Cancer Patients Who Choose to Die At Home Live Longer HealthDay Study Asks, What Is a ‘Good Death’? HealthDay Spare Dying Patients Electric Shocks from Heart Device, Docs Say HealthDay
