MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – We hear a lot of talk about being prepared for an emergency. Some emergencies in life are medical, and there’s a way to plan for how to handle emergency medical care for ...

Filling out an Advance Directive with a loved one. (Get it Done SB photo) If you experienced a life-threatening emergency tomorrow and were unable to speak for yourself, would your loved ones and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom recently sat us down at the dinner table to talk about her wishes if something were to happen to her. She says we should all have advance directives made, but I feel like I’m ...

The next step for Advanced Care Planning Decisions in their work to help patients make end-of-life decisions is to embed patient video into an electronic medical record to make advanced directives ...

An elderly woman taken last year to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., had suffered a massive stroke and could no longer speak, eat or drink. Although she had an advance directive specifying no ...

Advance directives are legal documents that outline your preferences regarding major medical decisions. The two main types are a living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive is ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Families of patients who completed advance directives before their deaths tend to feel their loved ones received somewhat better end-of-life care, according to a new study.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Oaklawn Hospital is hosting a series of free Advanced Directive Workshops to help community members plan for future health care needs. The workshops are open to the public around the area, including ...

HELENA - Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath Tuesday announced the availability of the Montana End-of-Life Registry, a free statewide service that helps Montanans record their wishes for end-of-life ...

Oaklawn Hospital is hosting a series of free Advanced Directive Workshops to help community members plan for future health care needs. The workshops are open to the public and are held around Michigan ...