Taking Care at the End of Life: Five Steps to Writing a Meaningful and Practical Advance Directive

By David Lemberg

Taking Care at the End of Life: Five Steps to Writing a Meaningful and Practical Advance Directive is an easy-to-use book that guides you through the process of designing and creating an advance directive. This critically important document will help protect your interests and those of your loved ones in the case of dire medical circumstances that leave you incapable of making medical decisions on your own behalf. Detailed and informative, Taking Care at the End of Life concludes each chapter with supportive recommendations for personal reflection and specific action steps to move you forward in your process of getting the job done and creating an advance directive that works for you. Having the foresight and taking the time and necessary actions to design and create an advance directive puts you in position to have control over how things go in medical situations in which you're unable to speak for yourself. Each chapter in Taking Care at the End of Life presents a specific component of the process of creating a meaningful and practical advance directive that accurately represents your preferences and desires regarding medical treatment in potential end-of-life circumstances. Step-by-step instructions and links to online resources help streamline the activities and assist you in clarifying your thoughts, choosing a surrogate, and formalizing your advance directive. Each chapter of Taking Care at the End of Life: Five Steps to Writing a Meaningful and Practical Advance Directive concludes with a Personal Reflection and a series of Action Steps to help facilitate and enrich the overall experience of creating this important and critical document. The peace of mind we obtain by helping protect our future in this way will provide immeasurable benefit to our loved ones and ourselves. Remember - writing your advance directive is a powerful affirmation of life. Let's get started!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530068592
• ISBN13: 9781530068593
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"