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(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Hospice workers may witness terminal illness and death almost daily, but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ve documented their own end-of-life wishes, a new report finds.<\/p>\n

A survey of nearly 900 health care workers at a nonprofit Florida hospice found that fewer than half \u2014 just 44 percent \u2014 had completed advance directives. Of the rest, 52 percent said they had not filled out the forms that specify choices about medical care. Nearly 4 percent said they weren\u2019t sure if they had or not. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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