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Conversation Guides for End-of-Life Care

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) provides free Conversation Guides to help you have conversations with a family member, friend, or other loved one about your – or their – wishes for care through the end of life.

All the guides are available to download and print at home for free. The guides include:

  • Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy
  • Your Guide to Being a Health Care Proxy
  • Your Guide to Talking With a Health Care Team
  • What Matters to Me Workbook
  • Guide for Caregivers of a Child With Serious Illness

The guides are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.