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

by Fitzpatrick, Jeanne.

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Thorndike Press, 2010.

LP 362.175 F559b

Advance directives (Medical care)

Terminal care -- Decision making.

9781410431219 (lg. print : hc.)

1410431215 (lg. print : hc.)

Large print ed.

311 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Includes sample form of a contract for compassionate care, a sample form of tools for the compassion protocol, and glossary of terms.

Need for change: the cautionary tale of Phyllis Shattuck -- Your right to die -- Competent elderly -- 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 us the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters-- one a doctor, one a lawyer-- who draw on decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined here offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days.

Fitzpatrick, Eileen M.

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