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Planning for Uncertainty : Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book SeriesPublisher: New York : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (166 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801892073
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Planning for UncertaintyDDC classification:
  • 344.7304/197
LOC classification:
  • KF3827.E87D68
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.
Summary: This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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