end-of-life

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end-of-life

Cardiac pacing noun The point at which a pacemaker signals need for replacement, as its battery is nearing depletion Medtalk adjective Referring to a final period–hrs, days, wks, months in a person's life in which it is medically obvious that death is imminent or a terminal moribund state cannot be prevented. See Hospice.

End-of-life care–making decisions

Initiate discussion

• Establish supportive doctor-Pt relationship

• Designate surrogate decision maker

• Identify Pt's general preferences

Clarify prognosis

• Keep message clear, avoid misunderstanding

• Acknowledge prognostic limitations

Identify end of life goals

• Determine if preferences have changed

• Identify individual priorities

Develop treatment plan

• Help Pt understand treatment options

• Discuss resuscitation

• Discuss palliative care (RB Balaban, Harvard U, in Qual Life Matters 9,10/00)

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