Reference no: EM132470632
Question 1: What will be important to you when you are dying?
Question 2: How do you feel about the use of life sustaining measures in the face of terminal illness? Permanent coma? Irreversible chronic illness, such as Alzheimer's disease?
Question 3: Do you have strong feelings about particular medical procedures? Some procedures to think about include: mechanical breathing (respirator), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), artificial nutrition and hydration, hospital intensive care, pain relief medication, chemo or radiation therapy and surgery.
Question 4: What limitations to your physical and mental health would affect the health care decisions you would make?
Question 5: Would you want to be placed in a nursing home if your condition warranted?
Question 6: Would you want to have financial matters taken into account when treatment decisions you would make?
Question 7: Would you prefer hospice care with the goal of keeping you comfortable in your home during the final period of your life, as an alternative to hospitalization?
Question 8: In general, do you wish to participate or share in making decisions about your health care and treatment?
Question 9: Would you always want to know the truth about your condition, treatment options and the chance of success of treatments?