title: Making a plan. Helping patients in end-of-life decision making.
abstract: Few medical legal issues are more complex or confusing than end-of-life decision-making. Many people form definite views about what they would or would not want based on the case of a friend or relative, only to discover when their turn comes that the medical facts are very different, and their preconceived views are inapplicable. Others simply change their minds.
authors.affiliation: Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Felt
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003376:Counseling; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010166:Palliative Care; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States