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My Wishes, My Way – Steps to Ensure Your Advance Directives Are Honored

My Wishes, My Way – Steps to Ensure Your Advance Directives Are Honored
Posted on: March 22nd, 2016
By Mary Merrell Bailey, Esq.

Your chances for success rest on how effectively and how often you communicate your wishes. It happens too often. A health care emergency occurs; panic ensues, and the patient’s end-of-life wishes take a back seat to established protocols to extend life. Failing to honor a patient’s advance directives can increase the individual’s discomfort and ...