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A document that outlines treatment decisions a patient wants made if he or she is unable to communicate or make decisions in the future. See Advance care plan .

Life After Loss Manitoba Interfaith Council 11/17/2010 11/17/2010 7: 30 - 9: 00 pm John Bond, retired professor from the University of Manitoba and Father Fred Olds, priest of St. Bernadette's parish,...

Making Decisions Around End of Life Manitoba Interfaith Council 11/10/2010 11/10/2010 7: 30 - 9: 00 pm Presentation by Dr Brent Kvern, Family Medicine Educator at St. Boniface Hospital and Amanda Fryatt,...

... Hospice program provides support including assistance and empowerment with making medical decisions about the pregnancy, delivery and care for the baby; counselling and emotional support; assisting with...

... of Advance Care Planning; promote the understanding of Health Care Consent and the Substitute Decisions Act; and information and conversation starters for Health care Providers.

Palliative care teams frequently encounter patients and families who make decisions that feel irrational or even foolish to the professionals. Typically these cases involve parental insistence on continuing...

... and the new processes to address the legal and ethical issues in making end of life care decisions, and the treatment of patients who are nearing the end of their lives.

... communication skills to initiate advance care planning and to reach consensus on end-of-life care decisions with patients, families and physicians. AHF developed this course for clinicians who are strategically...

... and theological concepts central to our understanding of the disease and to end-of-life decisions, and the changing patterns of relevant medical, social, and economic policies. Cross-cultural, multidisciplinary,...

... health care providers are left treating patients and families unprepared for difficult end-of-life decisions. As a result, palliative care is often delayed or not initiated for patients with end-stage...