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One of the most important health care decisions we make in our lifetimes is our last. We can choose to live out our final days at home or in a hospital. We can prioritize medical interventions that ease suffering rather than more aggressive forms of care.
It’s our choice, and a very personal one. But too often, end-of-life medical wishes go unheeded because people don’t make a plan.
This plan is called an advance directive. Advance directives convey health care preferences in case a patient is cognitively or physically unable to make decisions.
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