A better way of dying
Subtitle: how to make the best choices at the end of life
By: Jeanne Fitzpatrick and Eileen M. Fitzpatrick
Contributors: Fitzpatrick, Eileen M.
Series: Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waterville, Me; Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781410431219
Subjects: Advance directives (Medical care); Terminal care
Description: Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guarantee us the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters - one a doctor, one a lawyer - who draw on decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined here offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Includes sample form of a contract for compassionate care, a sample form of tools for the compassion protocol, and glossary of terms.
Table of contents: title: The need for change : the cautionary tale of Phyllis Shattuck --; title: Your right to die --; title: The competent elderly --; title: The terminally ill --; title: Alzheimer's dementia and the compassion protocol --; title: Step one: know your options --; title: Step two : make your decisions --; title: Step three : communicate your decisions --; title: Step four : do the paperwork --; title: Step five : plan the kind of death you want --; title: Hospice and the compassion protocol --; title: Everyone's worst fear : the nursing home --; title: Looking ahead.