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End-of-Life Care

Editors' Choice of Best Available Content

This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on end-of-life care and related issues, including advance directives, hospice care, legal and ethical issues, nursing home care, palliative care, and terminal illness. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past two years is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

Categories

Editorials and Letters

Improving Practice

Patient Education, Self-Care

Other AFP Content

Other Resources from AAFP

Overview
04/01/2019	Will a Feeding Tube Help? Deciding for a Father at the End of Life [Close-ups]
07/15/2018	Delivering Bad or Life-Altering News
08/01/2017	Patients with Disabilities: Avoiding Unconscious Bias When Discussing Goals of Care [Curbside Consultation]
01/15/2008	End-of-Life Care: Guidelines for Patient-Centered Communication
02/01/2005	Cultural Diversity at the End of Life: Issues and Guidelines for Family Physicians
Advanced Directives
04/01/2015	Advance Directives: Navigating Conflicts Between Expressed Wishes and Best Interests [Curbside Consultation]
03/01/2012	Implementing Advance Directives in Office Practice
10/01/2005	Respecting End-of-Life Treatment Preferences
Hospice Care
03/01/2018	Life Expectancy with Hospice Care [FPIN's Help Desk Answers]
05/01/2014	The Hospice Referral [Curbside Consultation]
12/01/2012	Hospice: A Mother's Story [Close-ups]
03/15/2008	The Role of the Family Physician in the Referral and Management of Hospice Patients
10/01/2000	Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment
02/01/1998	Hospice Care in the Nursing Home
Symptom Management
09/01/2020	Palliative Care During Public Health Emergencies: Examples from the COVID-19 Pandemic [Curbside Consultation]
05/01/2020	Megestrol for Palliative Care in Patients with Cancer [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
03/15/2017	End-of-Life Care: Managing Common Symptoms
07/01/2014	Pharmacologic Management of Pain at the End of Life
01/15/2014	Methylphenidate for Management of Fatigue in the Palliative Care Setting [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
08/01/2012	Managing Grief and Depression at the End of Life
12/01/2011	Management of Constipation in Patients Receiving Palliative Care [Cochrane for Clinicians]
05/15/2010	Delirium at the End of Life [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
06/15/2009	Pharmacologic Pearls for End-of-Life Care
11/01/2008	ACP Releases Recommendations for Palliative Care at the End of Life [Practice Guidelines]
03/15/2006	Guidelines for Delivering Quality Palliative Care [Practice Guidelines]
Editorials and Letters
08/01/2021	Racial Disparities at the End of Life [Editorials]
03/01/2019	To Prepare Patients Better: Reimagining Advance Care Planning [Editorials]
03/01/2019	Preparing for Serious Illness: A Model for Better Conversations over the Continuum of Care [Editorials]
07/01/2014	Beyond Analgesia in Palliative Care and End-of-Life Interventions [Editorials]
12/15/2013	Palliative Care: Benefits, Barriers, and Best Practices [Editorials]
09/15/2013	Frailty as a Terminal Illness [Editorials]
08/01/2012	Differentiating Grief and Depression in Patients Who Are Seriously Ill [Editorials]
11/15/2010	Use of Hospice Care for Patients Without Cancer [Editorials]
Improving Practice
From FPM AAFP's Peer-Reviewed Practice Improvement Journal
11/01/2019	Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients
03/01/2008	Discussing End-of-Life Care With Your Patients
Patient Education, Self-Care
07/01/2014	Managing Pain at the End of Life
08/01/2012	Treatment of Grief and Depression at the End of Life
03/01/2012	What You Should Know About Advanced Directives
06/15/2009	Care for People with a Severe or Compicated Illness
03/15/2008	Hospice: What You Should Know
10/01/2005	Advance Directives
08/15/2004	End-of-Life Choices for Families
03/01/2002	Dying and Preparatory Grief
10/01/2000	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
10/01/2000	Artificial Fluids and Nutrition
From FamilyDoctor.org AAFP's Patient Information Resource
	Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders
	Artificial Hydration
	Artificial Hydration and Nutrition
	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
	Hospice Care
	Cancer: End-of-Life Issues for the Caregiver
	Autopsy
Other AFP Content
03/01/2018	Medical Aid in Dying [Curbside Consultation]
05/01/2011	Palliative Sedation for a Patient with Terminal Illness [Curbside Consultation]
08/01/2008	Ethical Considerations of Patients with Pacemakers [Curbside Consultation]
08/15/2005	Determining Prognosis for Patients with Terminal Cancer [Point-of-Care Guides]
11/01/2004	Completing and Signing the Death Certificate [Curbside Consultation]
05/01/2003	Do I Have to Resuscitate This Patient Against Her Wishes? [Curbside Consultation]
12/01/2000	A Daughter Estranged from Her Dying Father [Curbside Consultation]
TIPS FROM OTHER JOURNALS
Other Resources from AAFP
AAFP Policy Statements
	Ethics and Advance Planning for End-of-Life Care