The end-of-life advisor
Subtitle: personal, legal, and medical considerations for a peaceful, dignified death
By: Susan R. Dolan & Audrey R. Vizzard.
Contributors: Vizzard, Audrey R.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781427798398
Subjects: Terminal care; Hospice care; Terminally ill -- Psychology; Death; Hospice Care -- Popular Works; Attitude to Death -- Popular Works; Terminally Ill -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular Works.
Table of contents: title: Advance directives; title: The importance of conversations about end-of-life care; title: The do not resuscitate order (DNR); title: Hospice; title: Laughter is good medicine; title: The hospice team; title: Managing pain & uncomfortable symptoms; title: Attitudes and choices; title: Signs & symptoms of approaching death; title: How to listen; title: Doctors are human too; title: The pleasure diet; title: Forgiveness; title: Releasing loved ones at the end of life; title: The last hurrah; title: Extraordinary events; title: Funeral plans; title: Ethical wills.