A Better Way of Dying
Author: Fitzpatrick, Jeanne
ISBN: 9780143116752
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Jan 2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b> The fail-safe plan for ensuring one's final wishes are respected /b>br>br> Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guaran-tee that we will be allowed the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters-one a doctor, one a lawyer-and drawing on their decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined in i>A Better Way of Dying/i> offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days. Meant for people in every walk of life-from the elderly, to those in the early stages of mentally degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, to healthy young people planning for an unpredictable future-this book creates space for a discussion we all must have if we wish to ensure comfort and control at the end of our lives..
ISBN: 9780143116752
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Jan 2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b> The fail-safe plan for ensuring one's final wishes are respected /b>br>br> Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guaran-tee that we will be allowed the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters-one a doctor, one a lawyer-and drawing on their decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined in i>A Better Way of Dying/i> offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days. Meant for people in every walk of life-from the elderly, to those in the early stages of mentally degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, to healthy young people planning for an unpredictable future-this book creates space for a discussion we all must have if we wish to ensure comfort and control at the end of our lives..
