Medical Terminology
Every health condition comes with its own language, medical terminology and decision options. End of Life is no different. While CPR and DNR may be familiar to many, that doesn’t mean they are understood as intended.
New ‘terms’ such as Allow Natural Death or AND and Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking or VSED have been created to add to options to consider. Understanding the words and terms used is one thing. Being able to act on them is another.
Do Not Resuscitate poem
Do Not Resuscitate_poem.:a doctor agonizes over a son’s inability to ‘let go’ – knowing that CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation can do more harm than good.
Let my mother go
Let my mother go: a son’s story. Check out how healthcare professionals pretty much refuse to say the words: your mother’s dying.
Lizzy Miles
Lizzy Miles – a thanatologist (one who studies death !) shares her story: Negotiating with God
Feeding Tubes
Feeding Tubes
