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

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9781608320417: Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1608320413 ISBN 13: 9781608320417
Verlag: Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Winner of the 2011 Caregiver Friendly Award --Today's Caregiver magazine

Wouldn't it be a relief to know you are making the right decisions and doing right by the person in your care? Whether you have a loved one who can't make his or her own decisions or you are a healthcare professional, you know how difficult--even heartbreaking--it can be to make decisions for others. Feeling confident that you're made the right decision would be a welcome relief from the worry and guilt you may be feeling.

The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making offers tools and techniques that will limit your frustration and fears and help you make informed, respectful decisions. Extremely practical, yet also heartfelt, the book offers:
-Four adaptable tools that make decision making a simple, step-by-step process
-Guidlines to help you determine if your loved one or patient can make decisions, who should make the decisions, and how to make better decisions
-Questions to use in almost any medical or quality-of-life situation that will help you gather all of the information you need
-Techniques for improving communication between patients, families and caregivers

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Viki Kind is a personal healthcare strategist and a medical ethicist. She has a master s degree in Bioethics from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her BA is in Speech Communication from California State University at Northridge. She also has specialized training in mediation and cultural negotiation from Pepperdine University and UCLA.

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An author with both clinical and personal experience shows readers how to make decisions for others with integrity, compassion, and honour. It 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. It is 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. The author is 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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Verlag
Greenleaf Book Group LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1608320413
ISBN 13 
9781608320417
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
234
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