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		<title>Part VIII: Advance Directives: Dying Inside Our Big, Hairy Healthcare System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out there's a huge, third party squatting in the room with us, as we wade through our advance directives.  It's our healthcare system.  We didn't realize until now what a disproportionate influence it wields on our choices about dying and I'm struggling with some real sadness about it. <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/part-viii-advance-directives-dying-inside-our-big-hairy-healthcare-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4201&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part VII: Advance Directives: Ours</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from Part VI: Advance Directives: Mine.) Editor&#8217;s note: Today, I decided to just write a quick post and publish it without proof reading.  It may be the only way to save it from the fate of the other three posts &#8230; <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/part-vii-advance-directives-ours-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4218&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Break: Delightful Snowflakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend just sent me a link to Have A Beauty Filled Day, a blog full of photographs and insights...two of my favorite things.  <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/another-break-delightful-snowflakes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4183&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part VI: Advance Directives: Mine</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/part-vi-advance-directives-mine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I wanted to share a smattering of specific thoughts and choices coming up for me as I fill out my own advance directive.  I wanted to do this just in case 1) someone might benefit from an example, and 2) anyone reading this may somehow, someday be involved in my care. <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/part-vi-advance-directives-mine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4158&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part V: Advance Directives: Best To Wish Carefully With A Genie</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/part-v-advance-directives-best-to-wish-carefully-with-a-genie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After eleven years of procrastination, our self-declared Advance Directives Month has arrived and the hubster and I are finally tackling the forms. It's going a lot better than we expected.  A LOT.  Like finally-easing-that-horrible-fear better.  Here are a few things we've learned so far. <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/part-v-advance-directives-best-to-wish-carefully-with-a-genie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4134&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Flag:  Could Doctors Bypass Our Medical Proxies With Electronic Access To Advance Directives?</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/red-flag-could-doctors-bypass-our-medical-proxies-with-electronic-access-to-advance-directives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huh oh.  I was just reading an article titled Handful of states promise physicians online access to advance directives  in Amednews.com, an online news source published by the American Medical Association, when I came across the following disturbing passage: <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/red-flag-could-doctors-bypass-our-medical-proxies-with-electronic-access-to-advance-directives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4109&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part IV: Advance Directives: Will They Be There When We Need &#8216;Em?</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/part-iv-advance-directives-will-they-be-there-when-we-need-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last post I researched some of the advance directive forms we can choose from.  The next step is figuring out the optimal way to get our completed forms into the hands of those who will need them.  There are a few ways to accomplish this: <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/part-iv-advance-directives-will-they-be-there-when-we-need-em/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4099&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Note: Another Great Resource for Advance Directives</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/quick-note-another-great-resource-for-advance-directives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New resource! Thanks to Loretta over at Chrysalis who left the link in a comment on my last post about Forms and Where To Find Them. Turns out something like a National Advance Directive Month already exists.  Only it&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/quick-note-another-great-resource-for-advance-directives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4102&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part III: Advance Directives: Forms and Where to Find Them</title>
		<link>http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/part-iii-advance-directives-forms-and-where-to-find-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far I'd say that, developmentally speaking, if the whole field of advance directives was computer technology, right now it's at the stage where we'd just be launching the internet.  Lots and lots of different advance directives out there but very little inter-connectedness.  The good news is I think that's about to change. <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/part-iii-advance-directives-forms-and-where-to-find-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4046&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Break for Laughter: Is There Sex After Death?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[image from Wikipedia And now a small respite from advance directives&#8230;which I need.  Here&#8217;s a cute joke a friend sent me: A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other if there is &#8230; <a href="http://acuriouscure.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/break-for-laughter-is-there-sex-after-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acuriouscure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12700053&amp;post=4052&amp;subd=acuriouscure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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