National event urges Americans to plan for the end

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National event urges Americans to plan for the end

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/national-event-urges-americans-plan-end-134249680.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n3ct.PUZ3049Lt0sth8d8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-16T194714Z_1_CBREA3F1IYT00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Snow accumulates on gravestones of the Trinity Church in New York" align="left" title="Snow accumulates on gravestones of the Trinity Church in New York" border="0" /></a>National Health Care Decisions Day, marked on this date for the seventh year, is one in which patients and health providers are encouraged to think about their own end-of-life preferences. The man behind it, health care attorney Nathan Kottkamp, says such considerations have never been more critical. &quot;It's a broken record issue,&quot; said Kottkamp, a member of multiple hospital ethics committees. &quot;Ninety percent of ethics consults I have been involved in deal with end-of-life decisions without advance directives.&quot; Those conflicts led to his founding of National Health Care Decisions Day, intended to educate the public about advance care planning.</p><br clear="all"/>

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