Fran Moreland Johns

Dec 17

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How Not To Die In The E.R.

By Fran Moreland Johns | Advance Directives, Choice, Completed Life, Death Wellness, Death With Dignity, DNR, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Good Death, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Hospice, PAD, POLST, Rational Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

“There should be a JLMA form: Just Leave Me Alone, for those of us who concede that we’re actually going to die some day and work to keep our end-times as inexpensive and comfortable as possible.”

Dying Badly In The ICU

By Fran Moreland Johns | Advance Directives, Choice, Death With Dignity, DNR, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Good Death, Suffering and Death | 7 Comments

“The sentence that sent my blood pressure skyward was this: ‘Even if my patients are beyond pain, there is also a cost to those who are forced to perform emergency efforts that is just that: a performance.’”