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The Expected Death in the Home (EDITH) protocol supports end-of-life care based on an individual’s expressed wish to die at home and not to be resuscitated when they stop breathing or their heart stops. An expected death refers to when, in the opinion of a health care team, the patient is irreversibly and irreparably terminally ill; that is, there is no available treatment to restore health, or the patient refuses the available treatment.