Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't - Couverture souple

Kind, Viki

 
9781608320417: Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't

Synopsis

An author with both clinical and personal experience shows readers how to make decisions for others with integrity, compassion, and honour. Features: Practical tools for individuals and professional caregivers. With the rapid increase in our elderly population and the rapid escalation of medical costs, decision making has become a critical and often heartbreaking exercise for caregivers. This book provides a proven method for facing tough choices in emotionally charged circumstances; An invaluable resource for those struggling to do the right thing. As they make medical and lifestyle decisions for others, many people wonder if they are making the right choice for the right reasons. This book gives everyone a way to do the right thing through a well-defined and logical process; A seasoned bioethicist with extensive experience in homes and hospitals. The author has spent years working with doctors, educators, and individuals faced with the responsibility of making tough decisions for others. From her studies and her own experience, the author shows readers how to do everything from deciding when to take away the car keys to making the ultimate medical choice.

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À propos de l?auteur

Viki Kind is a bioethicist, medical educator, and personal healthcare strategist who specialises in end-of life issues. She serves on bioethics committees for many hospitals and is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Bioethics Committee and the Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium. She has lectured across the U.S. to healthcare professionals and spoken at National Mensa conventions, the Professional Fiduciary Association of California Convention, and the Still's Disease National Convention. She resides in Los Angeles, California, where she donates her time as a hospice volunteer.

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9780999754009: The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0999754009 ISBN 13 :  9780999754009
Editeur : Education and Mediation, Inc., 2018
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