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Educational Videos.....

When healthcare surrogates override the DNR Order,
http://www.geripal.org/2012/03/when-surrogates-override-dnr-terrific.html
 
Have you made your choices? Watch this video and talk with your loved ones!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bar0qZTUGdw 

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IN THE NEWS....

• The Cost of Dying: It's Hard to reject care even as costs soar
  http://www.mercurynews.com/cost-of-dying/ci_19898736
   
• We Must Learn to Let Go.... Medicine may be doing more to complicate the end of life than to prolong it. http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/we-must-learn-to-let-go-4m49koh-140383853.html
    
• It's Never Too Soon, Make Your Final Wishes Known
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-d-braunstein-md/palliative-care-living-will_b_1299515.html
     
• How Doctors Die ...
  http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/11/30/how-doctors-die/read/nexus/
   
• Many boomers avoid living wills, say they're young
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2016816920_wills22.html
   
• Taking the Time to Get It Right on End-of-Life Issues
  http://health.heraldtribune.com/2011/11/21/taking-the-time-to-get-it-right-on-end-of-life-care-wishes/
   
• Why planning matters to everyone but you
  http://napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_dbb60e34-7862-11e0-a08f-001cc4c002e0.html
   
• Engineering the end: How planning for loss helped a family through it. http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/16/preparing.for.death/index.html?hpt=C1
        
• Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else: A Florida Handbook
   
• End-of-Life talks difficult, but shouldn't be avoided
  http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/01/24/edca0124.htm
                                                                         
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