Preparing to be a Health Care Agent - Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Name:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical ICU Project: Preparing to be a Health Care Agent

Description:
Three-fold brochure describing the role and responsibility of a health care agent to be given to family or friends assisting the patient in the ICU.

Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Advance Care Planning

Source:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Palliative Care Services
55 Fruit Street
Boston MA 02114
www.massgeneral.org

Contact:
J. Andrew Billings, M.D.
jbillings@partners.org

How the grantee used this instrument:
The brochure describes in detail the responsibilities of being a health care agent, as well as outlining steps to take to assure that the patient's wishes are known.

Keywords:
care plan, care planning, quality of life, emotional well-being, psychological well-being, preferences, values, caregiver information, caregiver training, patient information

To use this tool:
This tool is copyrighted. Please contact Massachusetts General Hospital for permission to use this tool.

References:
Developed specifically for this project by the project team.

To view this tool:

Planning in Advance for Your Healthcare - 2 page Brochure
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Posted: July 2006

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families.