
Planning for Uncertainty
Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family
Johns Hopkins University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 27. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-8018-8608-9 (ISBN)
Description
It won't happen to me. I'm too busy to worry about a living will. My family will know what to do. No one wants to plan for death or incapacitating illness. But, as the emotional legal battle in the Terri Schiavo case made all too clear, people of all ages need to document and communicate clear decisions about the final details of their lives while they are healthy and have time to fully consider their own values and preferences. Here, Drs. David Doukas and William Reichel help individuals make decisions and communicate their wishes to health care providers and family members and other loved ones. Drs. Doukas and Reichel use a question-and-answer format to guide readers through the process-emphasizing the crucial connection between values and treatment preferences. They explain advance directives and the health care decision-making process, including the values history, family covenants, proxies, and proxy negation. The appendix includes resources and Web links for learning about advance directive requirements and obtaining legal forms in all fifty states.
This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.
This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.
Reviews / Votes
Valuable resource. Columbia College Today 2007 A practical guide to help individuals make end-of-life decisions and communicate them to healthcare providers, family members, and other loved ones. UU World 2008 This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future. Exceptional Parent 2008 Doukas and Reichel achieve two things rarely seen in books geared toward the general public. First, they are uncommonly forthright... The second noteworthy achievement of Planning for Uncertainty is its compatibility with the family physician's worldview. -- David Satin, MD Family Medicine 2008 Planning for Uncertainty contacts much helpful information about advance directives and advance care planning. -- Ellen W. Bernal Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008More details
Series
Edition
second edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-8608-9 (9780801886089)
DOI
10.56021/9780801886072
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Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family
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Persons
David John Doukas, M.D., is the William Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism, professor and chief of the Division of Medical Humanism and Ethics in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, and a member of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville. He is also the chair of the University of Louisville Health Care Ethics Committee. William Reichel, M.D., is an affiliated scholar at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Author
James A. Knight Professor of Humanities and Ethics in MedicineTulane University School of Medicine
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Every Person Needs to Know
1. What the Patient Self-Determination Act Means to You
2. When Is Treatment Beneficial and When Is It Not Beneficial?
3. How Ethical Principles Affect Health Care Decisions
4. The Value of Values
5. How Advance Directives Work
6. The Values History: Defining Your Health Care Values
7. You, Your Family, and Health Care Decisions: Choosing a Proxy
8. Signing Advance Directives
Appendix
Links to Advance Directive Forms by State
Other Useful Links
My Advance Directives for Future Medical Treatment
The Values History
Advance Directive in Brief Card
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Every Person Needs to Know
1. What the Patient Self-Determination Act Means to You
2. When Is Treatment Beneficial and When Is It Not Beneficial?
3. How Ethical Principles Affect Health Care Decisions
4. The Value of Values
5. How Advance Directives Work
6. The Values History: Defining Your Health Care Values
7. You, Your Family, and Health Care Decisions: Choosing a Proxy
8. Signing Advance Directives
Appendix
Links to Advance Directive Forms by State
Other Useful Links
My Advance Directives for Future Medical Treatment
The Values History
Advance Directive in Brief Card
Index