Planning for Uncertainty: Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801886082 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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JT said Good resources. The book was a good resource for a class that I was taking on Medical Ethics. It was easy reading and very understandable. Would highly recommend it to others. only for self but for family There is nothing like info ITS Everyone should get this not only for self but for family There is nothing like info ITS POWER. Three Stars Good
Dr. (Columbia College Today)A practical guide to help individuals make end-of-life decisions and communicate them to healthcare providers, family members, and other loved ones. (Ellen W. (Arthur Caplan, Emanuel & Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics and Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) . Doukas and Dr. Theirs is the must-have guide to advance directives and living wills. First, they are uncommonly forthright The second noteworthy achievement of Planning for Uncertainty is its compatibility with the family physician's worldview. (Exceptional Parent)Doukas and Reichel achieve two things rarely seen in books geared toward the general pub
The appendix includes resources and Web links for learning about advance directive requirements and obtaining legal forms in all fifty states.This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.. David Doukas and William Reichel help individuals make decisions and communicate their wishes to health care providers and family members and other loved ones.Drs. But, as the emotional legal battle in the Terri Schiavo case made all too clear, people of all ages need to document and communicate clear decisions about the final details of their lives while they are healthy and have time to fully consider their own values and preferences.Here, Drs. It won’t happen to me.I’m too busy to worry about a living will.My family will know what to do.No one wants to plan for death or incapacitating illness. Doukas and Reichel use a question-and-answer format to guide readers through the processemphasizing the crucial connection between values and treatment preferences. They explain advance directives and the health care decision-making process, including the values history, family covenants, proxies, and proxy negation
David John Doukas, M.D., is the William Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism, professor and chief of the Division of Medical Humanism and Ethics in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, and a member of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville. William Reichel, M.D., is an affiliated sc