The end-of-life advisor : personal, legal, and medical considerations for a peaceful, dignified death
(2008)
By:
Dolan, Susan R
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
306.9/DOLAN,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Kaplan Pub., [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
185 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781427798398, 1427798397, 1427798397 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Advance directives -- The importance of conversations about end-of-life care -- The do not resuscitate order (DNR) -- Hospice -- Laughter is good medicine -- The hospice team -- Managing pain & uncomfortable symptoms -- Attitudes and choices -- Signs & symptoms of approaching death -- How to listen -- Doctors are human too -- The pleasure diet -- Forgiveness -- Releasing loved ones at the end of life -- The last hurrah -- Extraordinary events -- Funeral plans -- Ethical wills