NJ.com: There’s an urgent need for people to plan now how they want their life to end
Apr 20, 2020 COVID-19 Kim Callinan Kim Callinan author New Jersey
An excerpt from NJ.com, “There’s an urgent need for people to plan now how they want their life to end | Opinion,” by Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan, published April 17, 2020:
There is an unprecedented urgent need for people to engage in informed, educated end-of-life care discussions. If more individuals take charge of their end-of-life care wishes, fewer doctors and loved ones will be forced to make gut-wrenching, life-and-death decisions for coronavirus patients.
To commemorate last week’s National Healthcare Decision Day, Compassion & Choices is calling on Americans to take charge of their end-of-life care plans. This call to action is not limited to completing an advanced directive and identifying a healthcare proxy who will fulfill your end-of-life care wishes if you are unable to speak for yourself; it’s also about contemplating the care you would want if you contract the life-threatening coronavirus.
