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03284aam a22006138i 4500 001 7D4DE5ECBB8211E6836C54CDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161206010121 008 160907s2016 meu db 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016032763 020 $a 1410494780 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781410494788 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)957139517 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d FM0 $d OCLCF $d OCP $d OCL $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a R726.8 $b .V648 2016 082 00 $a 616.02/9 $2 23 084 $a MED036000 $a MED036000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Volandes, Angelo E., $d 1971- $e author. 245 14 $a The conversation : $b a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care (Large Type) / $c Angelo E. Volandes, M.D. 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 1610 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, $c 2016. 300 $a 323 pages ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 490 1 $a Thorndike large print mini-collection 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) 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"--Provided by publisher. 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. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MEDICAL / Health Policy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Advance directives (Medical care) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797413 650 7 $a Palliative treatment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051719 650 7 $a Patient advocacy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01055001 650 7 $a Physician and patient. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01062819 650 7 $a Right to die. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01097893 650 7 $a Terminal care. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01147835 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print mini-collections. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710033344.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629013654.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203015506.0 952 $l JBPC145 $d 20220729171440.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107034418.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20170301012354.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7D4DE5ECBB8211E6836C54CDDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search