
The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
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Angelo E. Volandes
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Angelo Volandes
Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research and technological breakthroughs in American healthcare made to prolong and improve the lives of patients, a devastating statistic remains. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, despite research that shows 80 percent of Americans would prefer to spend their last days in their homes surrounded by loved ones.
Dr. Angelo E. Volandes, a physician at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, has witnessed far too often the unnecessary suffering patients and their families face when confronted with difficult end-of-life decisions. The solution, he knows, is not the latest technology. The most effective, powerful, and empathetic tool a doctor can offer is perhaps the simplest: The Conversation.
In his groundbreaking new book, Volandes illustrates how initiating an honest discussion among doctors, patients, and their families will empower patients to establish the treatment goals they want while avoiding procedures that cause more harm than good, thus closing the enormous gap between the care people want at the end of life and the care they actually receive.
With wisdom and compassion, Volandes not only recounts the compelling stories of seven patients confronting different end-of-life experiences, but also provides invaluable information-from helpful language to address family members and physicians to instructions for navigating advance directives. He delivers important lessons and indispensable resources-including an online video.
As a physician and patients' rights advocate, Volandes has dedicated his life to establishing a new standard of care. The Conversation is the essential guide that has long been missing from American medicine. It will embolden patients and inspire doctors to advocate for the choices that promote peace of mind and improve quality of life, because a life well lived deserves a good ending.
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Every physician should read this
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After working 42 years as a nurse, I learned that it's not just the elderly that should be having these discussions. Sadly, every day decisions have to be made by family members for young accident victims, end stage cancer patients who are facing their early mortality.
Thank you, Dr. Angelo Volandes. You have my utmost respect and gratitude. RC, RN
This should be required reading
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The conversation we need to have.
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Thank You for putting into words what everyone "tip-toes" around.
Hilda Crystal, RN
Oreana, IL
The Conversation
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Excellent for all mortals
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Excellent book to consider and understand options for end of life care. The author is a doctor and gives many examples about choices his patients made for prolonging life, limited medical care and comfort care. He supports conversation between an ill person and his doctor and family. A must read for educating yourself or a loved one to be more informed and empowered.Essential for end of life planning
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Important topic, well presented
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A Necessary Read
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As for the performance, the book is self-narrated, and that seems a good decision. Volandes delivers the message with frankness and earnest emotion.
Not a plan. Just a rant and some general advice
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