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Don’t Wait Until it’s Too Late to Develop Advance Directives

Don’t wait until it’s too late to share your end-of-life preferences, cautions Darcia L. Simpson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, in an op-ed article published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on June 5.

The article offers guidance on developing advance directives and shares Dr. Simpson’s own experiences with health decision making for her 97-year-old mother.

Read the op-ed