*** NEW This Spring ***
Five Wishes: Writing Your Health Care Directives   

Wednesday, May 7, 2008    4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
or
   Wednesday, May 14, 2008    4:00 - 5:30 p.m.   

This spring, the Center will offer two seminars on how to think about and write a health care declaration, sometimes referred to as a 'living will.'  Using the format of the "Five Wishes," document, participants will be helped to think about how they want to be treated when seriously ill.

Dr. Bob Moravec, MD, Medical Director of the HealthEast Care System, will walk participants through the process of completing the Five Wishes document, based on these five issues:
    The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can't
    The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want or Don't Want
    How Comfortable I Want to Be
    How I Want People to Treat Me
    What I Want My Loved Ones to Know

Bringing his extensive experience with individuals and families facing end-of-life decisions, his knowledge of the healthcare system and a personal commitment to quality, compassionate healthcare, as well as a sense of humor and wit, Dr. Moravec will guide participants through what can be a very difficult but necessary process.

These presentations will be in Room 304 of Murray-Herrick Campus Center of the University of
                                                                                     St. Thomas St. Paul campus.

To register:  There is no charge for these sessions, but we ask that you pre-register by e-mail (mhseiter@stthomas.edu) or by calling the Center's information line (651.962.5175) and leave a message including your name, phone number, number attending and preferred program date