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End of Life Issues
- Become an informed consumer when planning a funeral. The
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Kansas City has
published a Funeral Price Survey and sends out a quarterly
newsletter. For more information, go to
www.funerals.org
; click on "Find a local FCA," then click on state name.
- If you are caring for someone with a
life-limiting condition, you might want to know about a free
guide from the American Health Lawyers Association that
provides an overview of the key legal and practical issues
that arise in the care of individuals who face a
life-limiting condition. Go to
www.healthlawyers.org and click on
the "Public Interest" tab to download or read this guide.
- The Office of the Missouri Attorney
General Jay Nixon has a free publication entitled Life
Choices to help residents understand the importance of
planning ahead for end of life needs. You can call the
Attorney General's office at 573 751 3321 to request it or
download it at
www.ago.mo.gov
- Caring Conversations is
another workbook to help families with end of life
conversations and it includes an advance directive document.
You can find it an the Center for Practical Bioethics
website:
www.
practicalbioethics.org
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