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A better way of dying : how to make the best choices at the end of life / Jeanne Fitzpatrick & Eileen M. Fitpatrick.

by Fitzpatrick, Jeanne.

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New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Advance directives (Medical care)

9780143116752 (pbk.) :

0143116754 (pbk.)

xviii, 222 p. ; 20 cm.

The need for change : the cautionary tale of Phyllis Shattuck -- Your right to die -- The competent elderly -- The terminally ill -- Alzheimer's dementia and the compassion protocol -- Step one: know your options -- Step two : make your decisions -- Step three : communicate your decisions -- Step four : do the paperwork -- Step five : plan the kind of death you want -- Hospice and the compassion protocol -- Everyone's worst fear : the nursing home -- Looking ahead.

"Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guarantee 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 A Better Way of Dying 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.." -- from publisher's website.

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