Help Your Patients Plan Ahead

Engaged providers play a key role in providing peace of mind to your patients and their loved ones when end-of-life decisions become necessary.

Provide Direction for Your Patients

As a provider, you are uniquely positioned to guide your patients through the process of preparing an advance directive. Your expertise and relationship with the patient enables you to tailor the discussion to each patient and provides the necessary information needed for them to make an informed decision.

Encourage your patient to identify and include their health care agent in the conversation. Through collaboration among the health care agent, physician, and patient, many of the questions and concerns may be addressed.

Copies of the Five Wishes advance directive can be obtained online here.