Research Catalog

Title

Advance health care directives : a handbook for professionals / Carol Krohm, Scott K. Summers.

Author

Krohm, Carol, 1953-

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Senior Lawyers Division, c2002.

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Details

Description

xxi, 351 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Advance Directives
• Advance directives (Medical care) > United States
• Medical care > Law and legislation > United States
• Informed consent (Medical law) > United States
• Patient Advocacy
• Ethics, Medical
• Advance Care Planning
• Living Wills
• United States

Note

• Contains legislation.
• Computer disk in pocket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-333) and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying disk: Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later (Adobe Acrobtat Reader 5.0 recommended) ; CD-Rome drive capable of reading Windows or Macintosh CD-ROM discs.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Five counterintuitive precepts -- 2. What are advance health care directives? -- 3. The ethics of advance health care directives -- 4. Competence and incompetence -- 5. Client issues -- 6. The perspective of family and friends -- 7. The attorney perspective -- 8. the health care provider perspective -- 9. Involvement of clergy and spiritual advisers -- 10. Alternatives in the absence of directives -- 11. Special circumstances -- 12. The future of advance health care directives -- Appendices. (A) Federal Statutes : (Ai) The Patient Self-Determination Act -- (Aii) Military Advance Medical Directive -- (B) Glossary -- (C) Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act -- (D) Values history form packets : (Di) English -- (Dii) Español -- (E) Spanish language directives -- (F) Religious directives : (Fi) Jewish Law Halachic forms -- (Fii) Catholic directives -- (G) Mental health directives -- (H) Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (as enacted by North Dakota) -- (I) The Oregon Death With Dignity Act -- (J) Statutory citations (by state, with analysis) -- (K) Consumer education (how to make a community presentation on advance directives) -- (L) Internet resources -- (M) Selected bibliography -- (N) Sample wallet cards -- (O) Sample letter from lawyer to client upon execution of advance health care -- (P) Sample instructions to my agent about my advance health care directives.

ISBN

159031008X

LCCN

^^2001053388

OCLC

47990039

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library