Adult Religious Education: Sunday, April 10 at 11:45 am
Join Adult RE in-person after the service next Sunday to hear from Joe Jack Davis, MD, a recently retired physician and general surgeon who practiced at Harrison Medical Center for 33 years. He has been active in caring for people at the end of life. When asked about his motivation for volunteering for Compassionate Care and End of Life Washington, he replied, “During a long career of taking care of acutely and chronically ill patients, I saw way too many people die poorly when dying did not have to happen that way. Gradually it became clear to me that usually bad deaths were attributable to poor planning on the part of the dying patient. Now I realize that poor deaths are due to a combination of factors that includes patients, doctors, and families – none of whom are communicating well with each other.”

Dr. Davis’s background and knowledge can help us plan to have a good death. He will lead us through the resources to be found on https://endoflifewa.org, including the End of Life Washington Advance Directive which combines both the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and the Health Care Directive (two legal documents to protect your right to refuse medical treatment you do not want or to request treatment you do want, in case you lose the ability to make decisions).

Blank copies of these documents will be available for each person there to fill out for themselves.