Advance care planning : communicating about matters of life and death / Leah Rogne, PhD, Susana Lauraine McCune, MA, CT, editors.

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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780826110220
0826110223
9781306083768
1306083761

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Advance care planning.DDC classification:

362.17/5 23

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R118 .A38 2014eb

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W 85.5

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Contents:

pt. I. Advance care planning : promise and challenge -- pt. II. Best practices for communicating about end-of-life care -- pt. III. Implementing advance care planning : model programs -- pt. IV. Systems level change : charting a new path for dying, death, and end-of-life care -- pt. V. Resources.

Summary: While advance directives hold a great deal of promise for ensuring self-determination and quality of life near its end, the majority of Americans face life-threatening illness without having completed effective advance care planning. This volume recounts the history of advance directives, chronicling the evolution of an approach that initially focused on completing forms, to one that now emphasizes more comprehensive strategies for facilitating conversations about end-of-life care and planning for dying and death. It provides helpful strategies for initiating and guiding discussions among pro.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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While advance directives hold a great deal of promise for ensuring self-determination and quality of life near its end, the majority of Americans face life-threatening illness without having completed effective advance care planning. This volume recounts the history of advance directives, chronicling the evolution of an approach that initially focused on completing forms, to one that now emphasizes more comprehensive strategies for facilitating conversations about end-of-life care and planning for dying and death. It provides helpful strategies for initiating and guiding discussions among pro.

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