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Archive Home > 2013 > February > 08 > Last wish

Last wish

• Many adults avoid the 'elephant in the room' concerning end-of-life care. Experts offer advice on how to discuss the issue with family, and the importance of completing an advance directive, which spells out a patient's final

By Mac McLean / The Bulletin
February 8, 2013

For the past 20 years, receptionists at St. Charles Bend and other hospitals have handed out forms giving their patients a chance to dictate how they want to die, the types of life-sustaining medical treatments they want their doctors to perform and who will make the ultimate call regarding life....

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