--- product_id: 614292642 title: "The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care" price: "Β₯7097" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/614292642-the-conversation-a-revolutionary-plan-for-end-of-life-care store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # 4.7⭐ average rating Empowers informed healthcare decisions Focus on crucial end-of-life conversations The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care **Price:** Β₯7097 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ—£οΈ Speak now, empower later: Revolutionize end-of-life care with clarity and compassion. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care - **How much does it cost?** Β₯7097 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/614292642-the-conversation-a-revolutionary-plan-for-end-of-life-care) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Trusted Expertise:** Insights from a Harvard Medical School physician with compassionate guidance. - β€’ **Transformative Dialogue:** Harness the power of honest conversations to shape your end-of-life care. - β€’ **Patient-Centered Choices:** Prioritize comfort and dignity over default aggressive treatments. - β€’ **Clear Communication Tools:** Learn how to use living wills and healthcare proxies effectively. - β€’ **Peace of Mind for Families:** Reduce loved ones’ anguish by making your wishes known in advance. ## Overview Written by Harvard physician Angelo E. Volandes, 'The Conversation' is a highly rated guide that encourages proactive, honest discussions about end-of-life care. It helps patients and families make informed decisions about treatment preferences, emphasizing comfort and dignity over default aggressive interventions, and provides practical advice on communicating wishes through legal tools like living wills and healthcare proxies. ## Description In this "enlightening" (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E. Volandes offers a solution to traumatic end-of-life care: talking, medicine's oldest tool. There is an unspoken dark side of America Review: Great book. - Great book. Review: Very Simple, Very Useful, Required Reading For Seniors - This book is part of what really is a revolutionary approach to health care as the end of life approaches -- treat the patient, not the disease. Doctor Volandes wants patients and their doctors to think about the health care they want when an illness reaches the point where a cure is unlikely. The way he wants patients to think about it is by learning what various alternative kinds of care entail, and by talking about what they want -- openly and honestly, with their loved ones and their doctors. Do they want medical professionals to "do anything"? Do that want some support of functions that are failing, but not the most drastic? Or do they want comfort care, in which everything possible is done to eliminate pain and discomfort, but in which drastic measures are not taken. If no decision is made, Dr. Volandes points out, the medical default is to do anything to keep the patient alive; that's what medical ethics call for unless the patient orders otherwise, and that's how the system works. Allowing this to happen, or in fact deciding to "do anything" often has nothing to do with treating the illness itself, but consists of treating the conditions that arise from it -- CPR when the heart stops, a ventilator when breathing fails, a feeding tube when the patient cannot eat. These may prolong life, but the quality of life that results can be miserable. For those who are already at that point, or who have loved ones at that point, these are decisions that need to be made, or the default will apply. Some may in fact choose the "do anything" option: that's their choice. But many others will choose not to accept drastic treatment, and will focus instead on care that keeps the comfortable. These are choices that need to be considered, and communicated clearly before a crisis arises. For those of us who are not ill, but who are getting on, these are also choices that should be considered and communicated. If nothing else, it can spare our loved ones a great deal of anguish when our time comes. Dr. Volandes way of doing this is what he calls "The conversation". He provides ways of approaching this, and he also talks about ways of communicating one's wishes once choices have been made -- living wills, health care proxies, and so on and so forth. This is a compassionate "how to" guide to making -- and communicating! -- choices that older people should make. ## Features - BLOOMSBURY ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 118 Reviews | ## Images ![The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71nVd-yVSHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book. *by L***. on 3 October 2022* Great book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Simple, Very Useful, Required Reading For Seniors *by A***S on 24 August 2015* This book is part of what really is a revolutionary approach to health care as the end of life approaches -- treat the patient, not the disease. Doctor Volandes wants patients and their doctors to think about the health care they want when an illness reaches the point where a cure is unlikely. The way he wants patients to think about it is by learning what various alternative kinds of care entail, and by talking about what they want -- openly and honestly, with their loved ones and their doctors. Do they want medical professionals to "do anything"? Do that want some support of functions that are failing, but not the most drastic? Or do they want comfort care, in which everything possible is done to eliminate pain and discomfort, but in which drastic measures are not taken. If no decision is made, Dr. Volandes points out, the medical default is to do anything to keep the patient alive; that's what medical ethics call for unless the patient orders otherwise, and that's how the system works. Allowing this to happen, or in fact deciding to "do anything" often has nothing to do with treating the illness itself, but consists of treating the conditions that arise from it -- CPR when the heart stops, a ventilator when breathing fails, a feeding tube when the patient cannot eat. These may prolong life, but the quality of life that results can be miserable. For those who are already at that point, or who have loved ones at that point, these are decisions that need to be made, or the default will apply. Some may in fact choose the "do anything" option: that's their choice. But many others will choose not to accept drastic treatment, and will focus instead on care that keeps the comfortable. These are choices that need to be considered, and communicated clearly before a crisis arises. For those of us who are not ill, but who are getting on, these are also choices that should be considered and communicated. If nothing else, it can spare our loved ones a great deal of anguish when our time comes. Dr. Volandes way of doing this is what he calls "The conversation". He provides ways of approaching this, and he also talks about ways of communicating one's wishes once choices have been made -- living wills, health care proxies, and so on and so forth. This is a compassionate "how to" guide to making -- and communicating! -- choices that older people should make. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is an easy read and the case studies illustrated well how having ... *by D***0 on 3 October 2017* This book is an easy read and the case studies illustrated well how having a timely conversation can make the difference for all involved. 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