Healthcare Proxy

Apr 24

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Organized Medicine Wants to Control Your Death. Acquiesce – or Exercise Your Autonomy.

By Richard B. Stuart | Advance Directives, Choice, Completed Life, Dementia, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Hospice, PAD, Palliative Care, POLST, Proxy, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

Managing dying and death is difficult enough. But if you do nothing, you’ll be a pawn in a profit-driven medical system.

Apr 17

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Getting Comfortable with the ‘D’ Word

By Sharon Dickol | Advance Directives, Death, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Funeral Planning, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Five Wishes, The Right to Die, Wills | No Comments

Talking about death doesn’t make it happen sooner.

Apr 10

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My Brother’s Keeper – Part Two

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Funeral Planning, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Suffering after death — the family’s burden.

Apr 03

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My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 7 Comments

Do you know what can go wrong without advance directives and an end-of-life plan? You have NO IDEA.

Feb 13

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Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One

By Althea Halchuck | Advance Directives, Choice, Dementia, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 5 Comments

When it comes to your healthcare surrogate, do NOT name co-advocates!

Jul 15

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WHAT “DO EVERYTHING” REALLY MEANS

By ZDoggMD | Advance Directives, Choice, DNR, End-of-life care, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Surrogate | One Comment

ZDoggMD (Zubin Damania, MD) explains in his engrossing style what it really means to decide that you want to be kept alive by doing everything possible. It may be time to remodel those advance directives.

Nov 13

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Finding and being a good (or great) health care advocate

By John Abraham, D.Div., Thanatologist | Advance Directives, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Surrogate | 5 Comments

One problem with advance directives is that often they are not honored. It is critical that you have a good advocate who demands that you get only the care you want and do not get what is not wanted, not only at end of life but at any time you encounter a medical institution. You will need to choose someone who meets the legal requirements to act as a health care or medical agent, which some states call a proxy, surrogate, or representative. I call this person your “advocate.” State requirements differ greatly, so be sure to use your state’s forms for naming a health care or medical agent, not generic documents like the “5 wishes.”