Advance care planning : communicating about matters of life and death / Leah Rogne, Susana Lauraine McCune, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogne, Leah, editor.

McCune, Susana Lauraine, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine.

Life care planning.

Terminal care.

Medical personnel and patient.

Chronically ill--Family relationships.

Chronically ill.

Advance Care Planning.

Communication.

Terminal Care.

Professional-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Advance Care Planning.

Communication.

Terminal Care.

Professional-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Communicating about matters of life and death

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub. Co., LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, chronicling the evolution of an approach that initially focused on completing forms, to one that now emphasizes more comprehensive strategies for facilitating conversations about end-of-life care and planning for dying and death. It provides helpful strategies for initiating and guiding discussions among pro

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-1022-3

OCLC:

855505063