Content Overview 
- Overview
- Preparations To Make In Case Of A Medical Emergency
- If You Are Likely To Be Hospitalized Or Enter An Assisted Living Facility Or A Nursing Home
- Choose To Live Each Day To The Best You Can. Stay Hopeful.
- It Is Your Choice Whether To Keep Fighting, How Hard, And For How Long
- If A New Treatment Plan Is Recommended
- How To Cope With Physical Issues
- How To Cope With Emotional Issues
- How To Deal With Financial Issues
- If You Have A Death Benefit On Your Credit Card
- What To Do About The Legal Issues
- What To Do If You Are Still Working
- How To Talk With Family And Friends
- Relations With Your Spouse Or Partner
- How To Speak With Your Doctor About Your Wishes
- How To Talk With And Provide For The Care Of Children
- How To Maintain Control Even If You Become Unconscious Or Unable To Speak For Yourself
- Consider Donating Organs Or Your Body
- An Option: Terminal Sedation
- What To Do If Your Doctor Abandons You
- What To Do If You Choose To End Life Early
Nearing End Of Life From Breast Cancer
Consider Donating Organs Or Your Body
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You can make a gift of healthy organs or tissue to someone who needs them despite your health condition. You can also donate your body to science. These are known as anatomical gifts.
Making a donation of organs and/or tissue can help other people live. Giving your body will help train young doctors or advance medical knowledge.
Neither of these donations costs you or your family any money. In fact, a donation of a body can even save money because many medical institutions cover funeral expenses. If desired, a donated body can be returned to the family for burial.
NOTE: Be sure to discuss your wishes with your family. Despite signing whatever document your state requires to make an anatomical gift, it is not likely to happen if your family objects.
To learn more about anatomical gifts, see Organ, Tissue and Body Donation
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