Understanding Your Living Will
What You Need to Know Before a Medical Emergency
$30.42
- Paperback
102 pages
- Release Date
7 December 2006
Summary
Is Your Living Will Compromising Your Safety?If you have a living will, you probably had it prepared so your wishes could be carried out if you became incapable of making your own medical decisions. But, did you realize there is a risk of your living will being misinterpreted? Patients who are not terminally ill die in hospitals every year because of medical staff misinterpretations of living wills. These are patients who would have otherwise lived if treated. But, too often, patients with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781886039773 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1886039771 |
| Author: | Fred Mirarchi |
| Publisher: | Addicus Books |
| Imprint: | Addicus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 102 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 185g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 139mm x 8mm |
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“About 20 percent of the population has a living will. But will it really help, or might it harm?”
“About 20 percent of the population has a living will. But will it really help, or might it harm?” –The New York Times
About The Author
Fred Mirarchi
Fred Mirarchi, DOis a clinical instructor in emergency medicine at the Drexel University School of Medicine and the author of What’s the Patient’s Code Status? He lives in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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