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Advance Care Planning, and End of Life Care in Elderly Patients Student’s Name Student ID Professor’s Name Date of Submission Ethical issue in health care Advance Care planning and end of life is an ethical issue in health care. For many years, patients who reach the end of life receive medical care that does not match what they would have desired due to a medical situation that causes them to lose the ability to make decisions. Physicians or family members are forced to make decisions for the patient in regards to how they will be treated which sometimes is not the way a patient would have desired. Advance care planning is essential since it allows patients to make their decisions in regards to how they would want physicians to handle their future health care issues in case they are incapable of participating directly in their care. A written document known as advance directives gives an opportunity to a competent patient a chance to express their value and preferences to guide future health care decisions in case they are unable to make medical decisions at that time. Advance care planning enables and enlightens patients that they can have a say in their present and future treatment. Advance care planning has helped in improving end of life care. Advance care planning for the elderly patients is complicated when they are seriously sick or when the length of stay in hospitals is short. It is therefore essential for people to be encouraged to understand and support advance care planning when they are well since it is helpful when one is not capable of deciding on what they would want for their lives in regards to treatment (Boot, & Wilson,
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