{"product_id":"advance-care-planning-communicating-about-matters-of-life-and-death-9780826110213","title":"Advance Care Planning: Communicating About Matters of Life and Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Advance Care Planning is a rich  insightful book of interest to a broad range or disciplines. It raises questions about why  in spite of so much knowledge and effort  we have not progressed in more effective and extensive use of ACP.\"--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying This is a very substantive book that encompasses the various aspects of advance care planning  both prior to and after a diagnosis of a life-limiting disease. The realistic case studies help readers understand the complexities of decision-making by the individual and the family.\"--Doodys Medical Reviews While advance directives hold a great deal of promise for ensuring self-determination and quality of life near its end  the majority of Americans face life-threatening illness without having completed effective advance care planning.. This volume recounts the history of advance directives  chronicling the evolution of an approach that initially focused on completing forms  to one that now emphasizes more comprehensive strategies for facilitating conversations about end-of-life care and planning for dying and death. It provides helpful strategies for initiating and guiding discussions among providers  patients  and their loved ones  easing the burdens of uncertainty  and improving the efficacy of surrogate decision making near the end of life.  Scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines provide a well-rounded view of the history and challenges of advance directives. Authors include palliative care physicians  nurses  social workers  grief counselors  educators  lawyers  psychologists  sociologists  and medical ethicists. The book shares successful strategies on how effective advance care planning can provide smoother transitions at the end of life and ensure better quality of living before death. It incorporates effective multidisciplinary  relationship-based models of advance care planning along with multidisciplinary perspectives to help caregiving professionals initiate conversations and disseminate relevant information to patients and their loved ones and advocates. Case studies illustrate the importance of  challenges with  and prospects for advance directives and advance care planning. The book addresses common barriers to advance care planning and offers ways to overcome them  as well as detailing public health  legal  and comprehensive community planning approaches to change how our current American society deals with dying  death  and end-of-life care. Key Features: Introduces a multidisciplinary  pragmatic approach to advance care planning Addresses strategies to reform advance care planning Presents case studies illustrating the importance  benefits  and challenges of advance directives Features successful initiatives in advance care planning and new directions that shift community practice related to dying  death  and end-of-life care. Includes the contributions of physicians  grief counselors  medical ethicists  social workers  psychologists  medical ethicists  lawyers  nurses  educators  and others\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651857211445,"sku":"ByrdShop_0826110215","price":65.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826110213.jpg?v=1781842401","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/advance-care-planning-communicating-about-matters-of-life-and-death-9780826110213","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}