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03037aam a2200613 i 4500 001 40974E88A5F211E4A31EF882DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 140718s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014028386 020 $a 1620408546 020 $a 9781620408544 040 $a DNLM/DLC $c DLC $e rda $d SKYRV $d SILO 050 00 $a R726.8 060 10 $a W 85.5 082 00 $a 616.02/9 $2 23 100 1 $a Volandes, Angelo, $d 1971- $e author. 245 14 $a The conversation : $b a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care / $c Angelo E. Volandes. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury, $c 2015. 300 $a [xii], 220 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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-- " -- 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). 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Advance directives (Medical care) 650 0 $a Patient advocacy. 650 0 $a Palliative treatment. 650 0 $a Terminal care. 650 0 $a Right to die. 650 0 $a Physician and patient. 941 $a 23 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626014847.0 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611014010.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111012155.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518015926.0 952 $l A2PD787 $d 20200812032524.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528055941.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204075457.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110061416.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030310.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006083105.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720043820.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171223024954.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20171018023800.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170817010625.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418105114.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20170328020743.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926031707.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20150619013334.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20150515015910.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20150326013015.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20150303011351.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150226010322.0 952 $l AGPE046 $d 20150221024312.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=40974E88A5F211E4A31EF882DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search