Forms
Forms
Tools to Document Health Care Decisions
Sudden illness or accident can happen to anyone at any time. These forms enable adults to appoint a health care agent and to document their priorities and preferences for future health care needs.
Medical Decision-Making
Medical Decision-Making
Taking Steps Vermont
There may come a time when you are unable to speak for yourself. The best way to ensure that your wishes are known and honored is to talk with those closest to you and your health care providers about what matters most.
Start Taking Steps TodayMedical Ethics
Medical Ethics
Relevant Topics in Bioethics
Medical ethics is a field of study that draws from philosophy, law and medicine. There are four core principles in bioethics that define the ethical obligations that health care providers owe to patients. The application of these principles to individual cases can be helpful in resolving difficult questions that arise in health care.
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Palliative & End-of-Life Care
Information for those living with serious illness
Palliative care is specialized care that is directed at managing the symptoms of those who are living with serious or advanced illness. It is appropriate for individuals who are seeking treatment for their disease, as well as for those who have shifted their goals to a more comfort-directed plan of care.
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Register Now for the Respecting Choices ACP National Courses (Live Interactive Webinars)
Want to make your advance care planning (ACP) conversations better and help people make decisions by understanding what matters most to them? Want to have conversations that are more productive and satisfying for all involved? Sign up for Respecting Choices’ national ACP virtual courses. These courses have helped participants become better communicators for over 20 years.
Read the Brochure. »Presentation Recordings: VEN Fall 2022 Ethics Education Series
The Vermont Ethics Network Fall 2022 Ethics Education Series dives into ethically complex cases and questions to expand your knowledge of bioethics. This series is offered free of charge and recordings of past sessions are now available here. Sessions will be virtual, via Zoom. Once registered, the Zoom information will be sent to you via email.
Watch »EVENT: Montefiore Einstein Online Clinical Ethics Intensive
EINSTEIN CARDOZO BIOETHICS CONSULTATION SKILLS ONLINE INTENSIVE January 9-13, 2023: Course is daily from 9-5 with breaks. Learn bioethics consultation from one of the original services with over 40 years of bioethics consultation expertise!
Learn More »New 2022 VT DNR/COLST Form: New Form for Clinician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
On June 1, 2022, the updated VT DNR/COLST form took effect. All new orders should be completed on this form if possible, although orders on previously approved VT DNR/COLST forms remain legal and valid. Learn more about the updated form and best practices for clinicians completing these orders by watching our Information Session video and reviewing the accompanying slide deck.
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