Giving Your Loved Ones the Gift of Knowing What You Want: Advance Care Planning

Death and Dying (Video) by UCTV

Jul 26, 201500:36:45Science & Medicine

Dr. Rebecca Sudore, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF, explains that the goal of advanced care planning is to make sure that the medical care a person gets is the medical care that is in line with her or his life g...

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