End-of-life care: what to do when physician colleagues disagree
August 6, 2019A critical perspective on advance care planning for older people
August 12, 2019I’m an ICU nurse. I know I need an end-of-life directive. So why can’t I bring myself to write it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/im-an-icu-nurse-i-know-i-need-an-end-of-life-directive-so-why-cant-i-bring-myself-to-write-it/2019/08/09/98e65020-9765-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html?noredirect=onI of all people should know how to do this. As an ICU nurse, I see every day how agonizing it is for families to make end-of-life care decisions for loved ones who have not made their wishes clearly known. I know what I want. I know what the legal options are. But when I sit down to fill out the papers, I stall.