Advance care planning : communicating about matters of life and death /

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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, chroniclin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rogne, Leah (Editor ), McCune, Susana Lauraine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2014]
Temas:
Communication in medicine.
Life care planning.
Terminal care.
Medical personnel and patient.
Chronically ill > Family relationships.
Communication.
Advance Care Planning
Communication
Terminal Care
Professional-Patient Relations
Communication en médecine.
Soins de longue durée > Planification.
Soins en phase terminale.
Relations personnel médical-patient.
Testament biologique.
MEDICAL > Terminal Care.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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