A Better Way of Dying: How to Make the Best Choices at the End of Life

by Jeanne Fitzpatrick and Ellen Fitzpatrick

William Colby (Foreword)

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The fail-safe plan for ensuring one's final wishes are respected

Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guaran­tee that we will be allowed the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters-one a doctor, one a lawyer-and drawing on their decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined in A Better Way of Dying offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days. Meant for people in every walk of life-from the elderly, to those in the early stages of mentally degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, to healthy young people planning for an unpredictable future-this book creates space for a discussion we all must have if we wish to ensure comfort and control at the end of our lives..
  • ISBN10 0143116754
  • ISBN13 9780143116752
  • Publish Date 26 January 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Books