"At peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health-care proxies can take to ensure loved ones live their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Through Dr. Samuel Harrington's own experience with the aging and deaths of his parents and of working with patients, he describes the terminal patterns of the six most common chronic diseases; how to recognize a terminal diagnosis even when the doctor is not clear about it; how to have the hard conversation about end-of-life wishes; how to minimize painful treatments; when to seek hospice care; and how to deal with dementia and other special issues."--Provided by the publisher.
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ISBN:9781478917410 (hardcover) :
Physical Description:regular print xix, 282 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Grand Central Life & Style,2018.
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