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State-By-State Organ Donation Registries
Organ donation is the process of donating certain organs to another person upon your death. Every state has its own donor...
Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) Cheat Sheet
For when you need to go one step beyond a Living Will.
State-by-State Advance Directive Forms
An Advance Health Care Directive, also called an Advance Directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...
State-by-State POLST Forms
A Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a legal document for people with advanced illnesses that...
8 Movies Where CPR Performed Miracles
Movies and medicine have a dicey history, with one insisting on maximum dramatic impact and the other insisting on "facts," "...
8 Reasons You Should Decline Being A Health Care Proxy
Being asked to assume responsibility of another person’s health care is an incredible display of trust and an endorsement of your...
All You Need To Know About Advance Directives
When you can’t make health decisions for yourself, this is the north star that guides your loved ones and doctors in the right...
What's A "Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment"?
A POLST form is a legal document for people with an advanced progressive or terminal illnesses and specifies the type of care a...
How To Be A Good Health Care Proxy
If you've been named as a Health Care Proxy (or Health Care Power of Attorney), here's what you should know about your new role —...
Welcome To The World Of Palliative Care
Palliative Care is delivered through a network of caregivers (doctors, nurses, social workers, clergy, family, etc...) and...
How To Evaluate Life Support Treatments
When you create an Advance Directive or Living Will, you specify the types of life support treatments and other medical...
How To Create A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
A Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order is a legal order written in a hospital or in conjunction with a doctor that states that you do...
What You Need To Know About Creating A Living Will
A Living Will details the types of medical treatments you would like or not like at the end of life, specifically in terms of...
How To Choose A Health Care Proxy
The person you appoint as your Health Care Proxy (or Health Care Power of Attorney) should be able to powerfully advocate for you...
All You Need To Know About Naming A Health Care Proxy
Your Health Care Proxy will advocate for the care and treatment you want when you cannot advocate for yourself.
All You Need To Know About Advance Health Care Directives
An advance health care directive, also called an advance directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...