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Planning for Uncertainty: A Guide to Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for Health Care


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Most of us are uncomfortable with thoughts of our own death or serious illness and so we put off decisions we ought to make when we're healthy, when we can spend time thinking about our values and preferences. "Planning for Uncertainty" tells you why it is important to think carefully about the final details of your life - and to plan for the possibility that you won't be able to make your wishes known. As family physicians, the authors of "Planning for Uncertainty" have seen what happens when a person lacks any kind of advance directive for health care, becomes seriously ill or injured, and loses the capacity to express preferences and make decisions about health care. The result can be great anguish for families - and needless suffering for patients. "Planning for Uncertainty" uses a question-and-answer format to explain what you need to know about advance directives - the living will, the durable power of attorney, and the values history. All are intended to clearly document your preferences and decisions about life-sustaining health care, a practice strongly encouraged by the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990. The authors explain a broad range of medical choices, tell why and how to prepare advance directives, and explore ethical issues such as active euthanasia, assisted suicide, and passive euthanasia. Topics include: the types and purposes of advance directives for health care; the provisions of the Patient Self-Determination Act; deciding when medical treatment is beneficial and when it is futile; how ethical principles affect health care decisions; the legal significance of the living will and the durable power of attorney; writing a "values history" to outline your health care preferences; and involving your family, physician, and others. With sample documents and a wealth of practical information, "Planning for Uncertainty" enables you to prepare for the possibility that some day you may be unable to communicate your health care decisions. It allows you to spare your family the difficult task of deciding for you - and to spare yourself from futile medical procedures. Here is a comprehensive and reliable resource for everyone who wants to learn more about advance directives, including health care professionals, retirement counsellors, and family legal advisers.

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"A helpful book for planning ahead... The authors are two U.S. family physicians who have done an admirable job of putting together some cogent advice for persons planning their health care direction and for the health professionals who might be advising them... Very clear descriptions are presented for the non-professional reader about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilators, dialysis, enteral and parenteral nutrition, intravenous medication and hydration, autopsy, and organ donation. Hospice care is nicely outlined." -- Journal of the American Board of Family Practice "A helpful book for planning ahead... The authors are two U.S. family physicians who have done an admirable job of putting together some cogent advice for persons planning their health care direction and for the health professionals who might be advising them... Very clear descriptions are presented for the non-professional reader about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilators, dialysis, enteral and parenteral nutrition, intravenous medication and hydration, autopsy, and organ donation. Hospice care is nicely outlined." -- Journal of the American Board of Family Practice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780801846700
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Sub Title: A Guide to Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for Health Care
  • ISBN-10: 0801846706
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 1993
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 152 mm


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