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Project
GRACE
Foundation Profile
Who We
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Our
Objectives
Medical Education
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A medical scenario-specific Advance Care Plan
Document
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Broad dissemination of the Advance Care Plan
Document
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Collaboration with elder care organizations for
outreach and education regarding end-of-life issues
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Establishment of a central Internet-based registry
for the Advance Care Plan Document, easily accessed by the medical
community
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Dissemination of guidelines regarding medical
futility and Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders to the
medical community
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Education of healthcare professionals and the public
about palliative care, proper utilization of hospice care and other
end-of-life options
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Development of a uniform medical school curriculum
for end-of-life care, to be implemented state and nationwide
"Everyone can master a
grief but he who has it." - Shakespeare
Our
Vision
The purpose of Project GRACE is to enlighten and inform the public
and medical profession, first in Florida and ultimately nationwide,
of the importance of end-of-life planning.
The project has been and continues to be complementary to the goals
of the Governor-appointed State of Florida End-of-Life Panel,
chaired by Robert Brooks, MD, Secretary of Health for the State of
Florida.
Recent research has highlighted multiple problems with the
utilization of advance directives currently in use. These include an
absence of medically specific direction, lack of training for health
care providers and traditionally, physicians were not required to
honor patients' expressed choices. This has changed with new
legislation that went into effect October 1, 1999. It is now
mandatory for physicians to honor Advance Care Plan documents.
Project GRACE has developed and tested an Advance Care Plan Document
designed to allow a person to be specific in their choices to cover
common end-of-life scenarios that most concern citizens. The Advance
Care Plan Document also conforms to Florida Law and is designed to
be legally binding to physicians.
"The immortal gods alone have neither age
nor death. All other things almighty Time disquiets."
- Sophocles.
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