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The conversation

a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care

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An edition of The conversation (2015)

The conversation

a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care

First U.S. edition.

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"There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine: keeping patients alive at all costs. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes, even though research indicates that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. The question 'How do you want to live?' must be posed to the seriously ill because they deserve to choose. If doctors explain options--including the choice to forego countless medical interventions that are often of little benefit--then patients can tell doctors how they wish to spend the remainder of their lives"--Provided by publisher.

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Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
220

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Subjects
Advance directives (Medical care), Palliative treatment, Patient advocacy, Physician and patient, Right to die, Terminal care, Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Palliative Care, Methods, Physician-Patient Relations, Terminal Care, MEDICAL, Health Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Death & Dying

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The conversation: a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care
2015, Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury
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Table of Contents

Death in America
My medical odyssey
"Do everything"
"We never kept secrets from each other"
"Where do we go from here?"
"If a picture is worth a thousand words
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Coming home
"No one ever asked me what I wanted"
Appendices. I, Starting the conversation (for patients) ; II, Taking control and completing your advance directives ; III, Starting the conversation (for families).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
616.02/9
Library of Congress
R726.8 .V648 2015, R726.8

The Physical Object

Pagination
220 pages
Number of pages
220

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Open Library
OL27172717M
ISBN 10
1620408546
ISBN 13
9781620408544
LCCN
2014028386
OCLC/WorldCat
884440157
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