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practical strategies and international perspectives
Pt. 1. Introduction -- Innovations in end-of-life care: mission and purpose / Mildred Z. Solomon -- Pt. 2. Communication, truth telling, and advance care planning -- Why are advance directives a non-issue outside the United States? / Mildred Z. Solomon -- The lessons from Respecting Your Choices: an interview with Bernard J. Hammes -- The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? / Shimon Glick -- Advance care planning in the Australian context / Linda Kristjanson -- Cultural attitudes toward death and dying in Spain / Juan M. Núñez Olarte -- Speaking in a particular way: individualizing communication for each patient / Carla Ripamonti -- Limitations to advance directives: a Dutch view / Zbigniew Zylicz -- Pt. 3. Moving toward family-centered care -- Listening to patients and families moves practice toward family-centered care / Anna L. Romer -- Family letter writing: an interview with Navah Harlow -- Living with a serious illness: a workbook for patients and families - an interview with Stuart Farber -- Common sense / Leslie J. Blackhall -- Cancer disclosure and family involvement with Japanese patients in the United States / Michael D. Fetters - - Pt. 4. Pain management near the end of life -- Implementing pain management guidelines / Karen S. Heller -- Designing and implementing a cancer pain algorithm: an interview with Anna Du Pen and Stuart Du Pen -- Some thoughts on pain management in Germany: an interview with Michael Zenz -- Pt. 5. Promoting meaning in the lives of patients with advanced dementia -- Only connect: promoting meaning in the lives of patients with advanced dementia / Anna L. Romer -- Separate and yet together: living with a spouse suffering from Alzheimer's disease / Thomas Cassirer -- Caring for patients with advanced dementia: an interview with Ann Hurley and Ladislav Volicer -- Bright eyes: a sensory stimulation intervention for patients with advanced dementia - an interview with Scott A. Trudeau -- Promoting person-centered care for people with advanced dementia: an interview with Mary T. Marshall -- Appendix A: Targeted resources and tools (parts two-five) -- Appendix B: End-of-life care web sites.
edited by Mildred Z. Solomon, Anna L. Romer, Karen S. Heller ; foreword by David E. Weissman.
On the cover: "A Last Acts initiative; Supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation."
Includes bibliographical references and index.