New Files for Advanced Care Planning

Dr. Stan Terman's short Bio:

Stanley A. Terman's career is dedicated to empowering people to make informed decisions so they can successfully meet challenges in their lives with more pleasure, less suffering, and improved relationships. He considers life a journey that includes major transitions, some of which are quite challenging. His approach to planning for life's final transition is detailed on this site. This webpage features several videos—some recent (June 3, 2025) and some from 2007.

Dr. Terman founded and has led the non-profit organization, Caring Advocates since 2000. He has published several books and articles on end-of-life planning and ethics, including "The Best Way to Say Goodbye," "Lethal Choice," and "Peaceful Transitions." In 2009, he created an illustrated patient decision aid that generates a living will that is for all terminal illnesses but especially focused on the challenges of advanced dementia. These "My Way Cards" are now the first part of the online program called Strategic Advance Care Planning. He also developed a protocol for patients who have already reached an advanced stage of dementia without an effective (or any) living will. This is called NOW Care Planning.

Dr. Terman received his AB from Brown University, his PhD from MIT, and his MD from the University of Iowa. He taught in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, Irvine, before going into private practice and becoming a bioethicist.

June 3 Presentation