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This forum addressed common choices and challenges that individuals, their families and health care providers face surrounding end-of-life planning and care. We looked at things like living wills - What are they? How do they work? Are they effective? Ethical considerations regarding how we die. Hospice and palliative care. Plus more. We've compiled these documents and articles to help you prepare: New York Times: Teenagers Face Early Death, On Their Terms Medical choices and planning tools. News Director Greg Collard and Public Conversations coordinator Mark Rumsey, who moderated the forum, shared some follow-up thoughts on the discussion in our weekly podcast, WFAE Talks . National Healthcare Decisions Day National Healthcare Decisions Day is an initiative to encourage patients to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be. Advance Directives Booklet NPR host Diane Rehm emerges as key force in right-to-die