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Author:

Volandes, Angelo E., 1971- author.

Title:

The conversation : a revolutionary plan for end-of-life care (Large Type) / Angelo E. Volandes, M.D.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

323 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Advance directives (Medical care)
Patient advocacy.
Palliative treatment.
Terminal care.
Right to die.
Physician and patient.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying.
MEDICAL / Health Policy.
Advance directives (Medical care)
Palliative treatment.
Patient advocacy.
Physician and patient.
Right to die.
Terminal care.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and index.

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 ..." -- 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).

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Thorndike large print mini-collection

ISBN:

1410494780 (hardcover)
9781410494788 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)957139517

LCCN:

2016032763

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)