MEDICAL DIRECTIVES: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

August 2023. Q: Do I need a MOLST? A: The MOLST (the Maryland Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a way you can indicate your preferences and intentions about end-of-life care and treatment. For example, you can make it clear that you want, or do not want,...

WHAT MOM WENT THROUGH (END OF LIFE DECISIONS)

By Timothy S. Barkley, Sr. February 2015. “I don’t want to go through what Mom went through.” Pause. “I don’t want to put my kids through what we went through when Mom died. “When Mom had her heart attack, the ambulance crew did CPR and tried to bring her...