Handbook for Mortals by Joanne Lynn
Modern medical technology has changed not only the way we live but also the way we die. Until two generations ago, people usually died suddenly, after an accident or serious illness. Now, most of us may expect our dying to take longer, to require more care, and to demand more forethought than ever before. This book is addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of our lives a time of growth, comfort and meaningful reflection. Written by Dr. Joanne Lynn and a team of physicians, this book provides equal measures of practical information and wise counsel. Readers will learn what decisions they will need to face; what choices are available to them; where to look for help; how to ease pain and other symptoms; what to expect with specific diseases; how the health-care system operates; and how the entire experience affects dying persons, their families, and their friends. This book is intended for the general reader and professionals working with the terminally ill.
"I found this an excellent, very readable book and expect it to be one of those books that I return to for information, ideas or practical suggestions" Progress in Palliative Care, Volume 10, No 3
Ekta Chaudhry, M.B.B.S, MHSA, is a quality improvement specialist who consults with organizations nationwide. She has co-directed various palliative care collaboratives in effort to improve care for patients nearing end of life.
Lin Simon has worked improving care for people with dementia for over twenty years and brings clinical experiences to the book. She has participated in several regional collaboratives and has worked with nurses at the bedside in long term care to improve care of older adults.
Anne M. Wilkinson, M.S., Ph.D., Dr. Wilkinson is a Senior Social and Behavioral Scientist with the RAND Corporation, a non-profit policy analysis think tank and also Director, The Palliative Care Policy Center, a research and educational center focusing on policy and quality improvement issues
related to end of life care. She has served as principal investigator on a number of studies ranging from the evaluation of state nursing facility regulations on dementia care in nursing homes, systematic reviews of the evidence base for evaluating quality end-of-life care, to conducting focus
groups of family caregivers CHF and COPD patients to investigate the caregiving experience.
Janice Lynch Schuster has worked with Joanne Lynn, M.D., for almost a decade. She is the co-author of Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians. She has written materials for many agencies and organizations, including the National Institute on Aging,
and for publications, such as The Washington Post.
Joanne Lynn, M.D., a Senior Natural Scientist with RAND, works to improve care for persons facing serious, eventually fatal, chronic illness (www.MediCaring.org). For thirty years, she attended nursing homes, home, and hospice patients. She was Professor of Medicine and led the SUPPORT project. Dr.
Lynn has anchored a dozen quality improvement collaboratives. Her publications include The Handbook for Mortals, a book for the public Improving Care for the End of Life, a guide to CQI for managers and clinicians; and Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Any More!, a guide to policy reform for
the last years of life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195116625 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195116623 |
| Title | Handbook for Mortals |
| Author | Joanne Lynn |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1999-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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