End-of-life planning usually includes making choices about the following:
- The goals of care (for example, whether to use certain medicines during the last days of life)
- Where the patient wants to spend their final days
- Which treatments for end-of-life care the patient wishes to receive
- What type of palliative care and hospice care the patient wishes to receive
Advance directives can help make wishes clear to the patient's family and health care providers.
Source: See the End-of-Life Issue Health Topic page from MedlinePlus.gov
