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GUIDE FOR CARE AND SUPPORT DURING SERIOUS ILLNESS
"What a great resource! This would have been a big help when our son, Dave, was sick."
- Sue S.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: General Information
- Overview and acknowledgements
- Health care and emergency phone numbers
- Tips for those experiencing a serious illness
- Chapter 1: Communicating with your doctor: Questions and Answers
- Effective communication: Obtaining the health care information you need
- At Diagnosis: A 'Print and Take' Form of Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- During treatment: Gaining the information, care, and support you need
- During Treatment: A 'Print and Take' Form of Important Questions and Information
- Record of appointments
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Easing Pain and Discomfort: Living well
- Easing pain and discomfort: An overview
- Communicating about pain: The path to comfort
- Recording medications and treatments
- Daily medications log
- Chapter 3: Care at Home: Family, friends, and professionals
- Care for the caregiver: A healing prescription for self-care and respite
- Care for the caregiver: A practical guide
- Selecting home health or hospice care
- National and regional resources
- Daily log
- Chapter 4: The Health Care System: Piecing it all together
- Chapter 5: Essential Conversations: Family matters
- An Introduction to Essential Conversations: The Prelude and the Music
- Ground rules for helpful conversations
- Chapter 6: Medical Decision Making: Making your wishes known
- An Overview: Guiding families through important decisions
- Living Will and Power of Attorney: What makes sense?
- Medical Decision Making: Questions to answer
- Living Will and Power of Attorney: Next steps
- Chapter 7: Spiritual Growth: The heart of the matter
First Revised Edition: May, 2006.
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