Education in Palliative and End of Life
Care
References
Principles Guiding Care a the End of Life
Bulletin
of the American College of Surgeons Vol. 83, No. 04, April 1998
UTMB
Policies and Procedures
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.1
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Disposition
of Deceased Patients
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.2
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Authorization
for Postmortem Procedures
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.3
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Postmortem
Anatomical Gifts
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.4
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Release
of Autopsy Results
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.5
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Patients
Initiating Advance Directives
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.6
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Withholding
or Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Treatment from a Patient With
an Advance Directive
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.7
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Withholding
or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment from a Patient without
an Advance Directive
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.8
Author: Medical Staff
Title: Out-of-Hospital
Do Not Resuscitate (OHDNR) Orders
Section 9, Clinical Policies
Subject 9.15, End of Life issues
Policy No., 9.15.9
Author:, Medical Staff
Title: Determination
of Death
Other Documents
Clinical Ethic Consultation Services
Decedent
Affairs
Authorization for Post-Mortem Procedures Form 5012
Telephone Consents
Cause of Death Worksheet
Key Points of Discussion with Next-of-Kin
Roles and Responsibilities
Routine Death Notification
Process Flow chart
