This page discusses end-of-life care options, decisions faced by individuals and families, and ethical considerations. It provides an overview of care settings such as hospitals, homes, and hospice, h...This page discusses end-of-life care options, decisions faced by individuals and families, and ethical considerations. It provides an overview of care settings such as hospitals, homes, and hospice, highlighting the percentage of deaths in each location and cultural influences. The article also covers legal aspects like advance directives, living wills, and organ donation, and ethical issues such as euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Despite the fact that many people in the United States worry about the financial burden of end-of-life care, “more than one-quarter of all adults, including those aged 75 and older, have given little ...Despite the fact that many people in the United States worry about the financial burden of end-of-life care, “more than one-quarter of all adults, including those aged 75 and older, have given little or no thought to their end-of-life wishes, and even fewer have captured those wishes in writing or through conversation” (IOM, 2015, p.
