Download or read book Durable Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives written by Michael L. M. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medical Directives and Powers of Attorney for California written by Shae Irving and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps Californians, and their families avoid problems if they ever become unable to make health care or financial decisions for themselves. It contains forms and instructions for completing these documents: California Adbance Health Care Directive-Do Not Resuscitate Order-California Durable Power of Attorney for Finances. All forms available as tear-outs and on CDROM.
Download or read book Durable Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dying in America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than are necessary and desired by patients, and the lack of coordination among programs increases risks to patients and creates avoidable burdens on them and their families. Dying in America is a study of the current state of health care for persons of all ages who are nearing the end of life. Death is not a strictly medical event. Ideally, health care for those nearing the end of life harmonizes with social, psychological, and spiritual support. All people with advanced illnesses who may be approaching the end of life are entitled to access to high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care, consistent with their wishes. Dying in America evaluates strategies to integrate care into a person- and family-centered, team-based framework, and makes recommendations to create a system that coordinates care and supports and respects the choices of patients and their families. The findings and recommendations of this report will address the needs of patients and their families and assist policy makers, clinicians and their educational and credentialing bodies, leaders of health care delivery and financing organizations, researchers, public and private funders, religious and community leaders, advocates of better care, journalists, and the public to provide the best care possible for people nearing the end of life.
Download or read book California Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives written by Kevin Urbatsch and published by Continuing Education of the Bar-California. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies written by Mayo Clinic and published by Oxmoor House. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many common health problems can be treated with simple remedies you can do at home. Even if the steps you take don't cure the problem, they can relieve symptoms and allow you to go about your daily life, or at least help you until you're able to see a doctor. Some remedies, such as changing your diet to deal with heartburn or adapting your home environment to cope with chronic pain, may seem like common sense. You may have questions about when to apply heat or cold to injuries, what helps relieve the itch of an insect bite, or whether certain herbs, vitamins or minerals are really effective against the common cold or insomnia. You'll find these answers and more in Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies. In situations involving your health or the health of your family, the same questions typically arise: What actions can I take that are immediate, safe and effective? When should I contact my doctor? What symptoms signal an emergency? Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies clearly defines these questions with regard to your health concerns and guides you to choose the appropriate and most effective response.
Download or read book Incapacitated and Alone written by Naomi Karp and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Patient Self Determination Act written by Lawrence P. Ulrich and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical facilities to provide patients with written notification of their right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this Act as an important vehicle for improving the health care decisionmaking process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical background to the Act by focusing on well-known cases such as those of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex issues in contemporary health care practices. According to Ulrich, health care facilities often address the letter of the law in a merely perfunctory way, even though the Act integrates all the major ethical issues in health care today. Ulrich argues that well-designed conversations between clinicians and patients or their surrogates will not only assist in preserving patient dignity — which is at the heart of the Act—but will also help institutions to manage the liability issues that the Act may have introduced. He particularly emphasizes developing effective advance directives. Ulrich examines related issues, such as the negative effect of managed care on patient self-determination, and concludes with a seldom-discussed issue: the importance of being a responsible patient. Showing how the Patient Self-Determination Act can be a linchpin of more meaningful and effective communication between patient and caregiver, this book provides concrete guidance to health care professionals, medical ethicists, and patient-rights advocates.
Download or read book Advance Health Care Directives written by Carol Krohm and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2002 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the difficult and sensitive issues faced by lawyers, doctors, nurses, clerics, and spiritual advisors in helping clients and patients plan, write, execute, and implement personal contingency plans for health-care decision-making.
Download or read book Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Approaching Death written by Committee on Care at the End of Life and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book Last Things First Just in Case written by Jo Kline Cebuhar and published by Murphy Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few Americans have prepared advance directives for end-of-life care because they don't realize how inexpensive and simple it is to document their wishes and preserve family harmony. Last things first tells the medical and legal story of advance directives, why it is important to document wishes for end-of-life care and how easy it is to create this simple--yet vital--record of your values and wishes for care.
Download or read book Planning for Uncertainty written by David John Doukas and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book California Durable Powers of Attorney written by Mary Ann Gerber and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Legal Form Book of Living Wills Advance Directives to Physicians Medical Powers of Attorney Pain Management Plan And Final Instructions and Directives written by Ernest M. Edsel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attorney-written legal forms, with easy-to-understand instructions, to protect yourself and loved ones in case of serious or terminal illness.Includes two sets of Living Wills, each with an advance directive to physician and medical power of attorney.The first Living Will is suitable for most persons. The second Living Will is suitable if you have family members who might object to your medical decisions and end-of-life choices.The book includes:1. a detailed Pain Management Plan, which is suitable for persons whose doctors may not provide necessary drugs to end pain, anguish, and/or agitation during a serious or terminal illness; and,2. Final Instructions and Directives, with practical and comprehensive instructions and directives to leave for your loved ones in case of your serious illness or death.
Download or read book Core Topics in Pain written by Anita Holdcroft and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2005, Core Topics in Pain provides a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to this multi-faceted topic. It covers a wide range of issues from the underlying neurobiology, through pain assessment in animals and humans, diagnostic strategies, clinical presentations, pain syndromes, to the many treatment options, for example, physical therapies, drug therapies, psychosocial care and the evidence base for each of these. Written and edited by experts of international renown, the many concise but comprehensive chapters provide the reader with a guide to all aspects of pain. It is an essential book for anaesthetic trainees and is also an invaluable first reference for surgical and nursing staff, ICU professionals, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, psychologists, healthcare managers and researchers with a need for an overview of the key aspects of the topic.
