My Voice, My Choice: A Practical Guide to Writing a Meaningful Healthcare Directive - Softcover

McClelland, Dorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985982209 ISBN 13: 9780985982201

Publisher: Directives by Design, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

My Voice, My Choice offers individuals and families an approachable and meaningful process for exploring and communicating end-of-life health and personal care preferences. This practical guidebook: • Explains why healthcare directives are important to individuals and their loved ones. • Describes what should be included in thorough and legal healthcare directives. • Offers tools and a process to ensure the resulting directive is complete, executed, accessible when needed, and appropriately communicated.

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Review

''My Voice, My Choice outlines an easy-to- follow process for completing healthcare directives, and also valuable coaching on how to share this information with loved ones. Essentially all barriers to creating this important document are addressed and will allow anyone to approach this task with confidence.'' -- Barry Baines, M.D. "Hospice Medical Director and Vice President, Celebrations of Life"

''This beautifully written, very readable guidebook lays out a clear path to establishing and achieving your end-of-life goals.'' -- Thaddeus Pope, J.D., Ph.D. "Director of the Health Law Institute, Hamline University School of Law"

About the Author

Author and speaker Anne Elizabeth Denny is inspiring people to proactively communicate end-of-life care preferences. Through her book, Anne educates her readers regarding the value of advance care planning. She makes healthcare directives understandable and approachable. My Voice, My Choice lays out a clear process that invites all adults to write and communicate a meaningful healthcare directive. Anne brings both professional and life experiences to her mission to improve how individuals and families prepare for the end of life. Anne has served as a business consultant in the healthcare industry since 1995. Her mother's twenty-year journey with Alzheimer's has given Anne a real-life perspective on how families wrestle with difficult end-of-life healthcare decisions. Anne's book makes end-of-life planning approachable for everyone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Directives by Design, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985982209
• ISBN 13: 9780985982201
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Kirkpatrick Amy
• Number of pages: 174
• Editor: Anderson Connie