Publications
Guide for a Better Ending
 This eight-page brochure explains the importance to you and your family of advance care planning. It covers:
- What can happen if you have a life threatening medical emergency
- Talking it over with your loved ones and health care provider
- What you should expect from your health care provider
- How to make your health care wishes known
- Checklist for action
- Completing your personal wishes statement
- Completing your health care proxy
 Guide for a Better Ending [PDF]
Multicultural Versions of the Guide
Spanish version [PDF]
Vietnamese version [PDF]
African American version [PDF]
"Socrates, Einstein, & the
Worcester District Medical Society"
The oration delivered at the 1997 annual meeting of the Worcester District Medical Society by Dr. H. Brownell Wheeler, co-founder of the Central Massachusetts Partnership to Improve Care at the End of Life. It presents a thoughtful discussion of the challenges and issues that face the dying and those who care for them. Its moving true stories reflect a lifetime’s experience of a caring physician.
Oration [PDF]
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