TAKING STEPS VERMONT | VERMONT ETHICS NETWORK
61 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
By Telephone; By Website
All forms for documenting health care decisions can be downloaded from the VEN website at no charge. Individual copies of the Taking Steps booklet are available free of charge from Vermont Ethics Network.
Vermont
Description
Outlines a step-by-step approach to advance care planning, including appointment of a health care agent, documentation of health care goals and treatment priorities (living wills), and consideration of medical orders to limit treatment at the end of life. Trainings and presentations are available for health care professionals, health care facilities, and community groups. The website has downloadable forms that can be used for establishing Advance Directives, registering documentation with the Vermont Advance Directives Registry, and reporting forms for Vermont's law on Physician Assisted Death. There is additional information about medical decision-making and relevant topics on medical ethics and palliative care.
Last Assured
04/18/2025
Providing organization
VERMONT ETHICS NETWORK
Vermont Ethics Network (VEN) is a local non-profit organization working to advance ethics in health care. VEN provides education, training and resources to health care professionals and community members on medical ethics, health care decision-making, advance care planning, advance directives, limitation of treatment orders (DNR/COLST), palliative and end-of-life care, and Vermont's law on medical aid in dying (Act39).