If you've ever sat in a hospital waiting room not knowing what care your loved one would have wanted, you already understand why these documents matter. I've watched that moment play out more times than I can count in my twenty years as an emergency medicine physician here on Cape Cod: A family gathered around a patient who can't speak for themselves, trying to make impossible decisions without any guidance. It is one of the hardest things a family can face — and in most case

"My father was old and sick, and I had to decide how he was going to die." See Caregiving Pathways founder Beth Suereth discuss end-of-life care at a virtual panel discussion of The Ethics of End of Life Care at Boston University's School of Medicine 11/12/25. Register: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/giving/what-can-i-attend/development-office-events/edelstein-lecture/. Beth will share actions health systems can take to help the public & health care providers better manag

What is a good death?