Staying in Charge
Staying in Charge
Practical Plans for the End of Your Life
Kaplan, Karen; Lukas, Christopher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
12/2004
240
Mole
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9780471274247
0471274240
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Written with both the dying and their caretakers in mind, this helpful handbook focuses on some very difficult issues regarding the practical and spiritual concerns for those who are dying, with the intentions that they can maintain control and have their wishes heard at the end of their lives.
Introduction. 1. Why We Wrote This Book. 2. Obstacles to Good Care. 3. Thinking and Talking about Mortality. 4. Palliative Care. 5. The Facts about Hospice. 6. The ABCs of Advance Directives. 7. Choosing an Agent. 8. Being an Agent. 9. Matters of Mind and Spirit. 10. Caregivers. 11. Children and Serious Illness. 12. Nursing Homes. 13. When Crises Come. 14. DNRs and Assisted Dying. 15. Finances. 16. Give Grief a Chance. 17. Living with Dying. Suggested Reading. Resources. Acknowledgments. Index.
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Written with both the dying and their caretakers in mind, this helpful handbook focuses on some very difficult issues regarding the practical and spiritual concerns for those who are dying, with the intentions that they can maintain control and have their wishes heard at the end of their lives.
Introduction. 1. Why We Wrote This Book. 2. Obstacles to Good Care. 3. Thinking and Talking about Mortality. 4. Palliative Care. 5. The Facts about Hospice. 6. The ABCs of Advance Directives. 7. Choosing an Agent. 8. Being an Agent. 9. Matters of Mind and Spirit. 10. Caregivers. 11. Children and Serious Illness. 12. Nursing Homes. 13. When Crises Come. 14. DNRs and Assisted Dying. 15. Finances. 16. Give Grief a Chance. 17. Living with Dying. Suggested Reading. Resources. Acknowledgments. Index.
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