Letting Go:
How to plan for a good death
Overview
An important and timely introduction to, and discussion of, the kinds of decisions that individuals, families, and medical personnel face in a medical crisis
Letting Go shows us how to start thinking about our end-of-life stage before we get there; how to make a living will that will help people make decisions on our behalf; and how we can maintain our dignity and autonomy for as long as possible.
Drawing on many years of experience as an intensive-care specialist, and writing with great insight and compassion, Dr Corke shows us all the ways in which people can make a mess of dying—and, more importantly, in doing so, he teaches us how we can do it better.
Dr Charlie Corke is currently President of the College of Intensive Care of Australia and New Zealand. He is the regional clinical lead for the Advance Care Planning program and is the originator of the MyValues approach to advance care planning (www.myvalues.org.au).
Details
- Format
- Size
- Extent
- ISBN
- RRP
- Pub date
- Paperback
- 5.31in x 8.27in
- 240 pages
- 9781947534438
- USD$17.95
- 2 July 2019
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Praise
“In crisp, clear prose Corke confronts the reader with the scenario most of us in Western society are likely to face after a period of declining health and function: ambulance, hospital, unconsciousness, no plan in place, family disagreements about treatment, escalation of medical intervention, and finally, our last days spent ‘‘connected to machines, cared for by strangers, and separated from family’’…As a manual for how to avoid ending up in the ICU, in what one of Corke’s patients called ‘‘the bad bit at the end’’, Letting Go is a guide book for our age.”
“A book to reflect on and contemplate as it has resonance for us as practitioners, human beings, and society as a whole.”
About the Author
Dr Charlie Corke is currently President of the College of Intensive Care of Australia and New Zealand. He is the regional clinical lead for the Advance Care Planning program and is the originator of the MyValues approach to advance care planning (www.myvalues.org.au). Dr Corke lectures widely on medical communication and end-of-life decision-making, was featured on the ABC in the film In the End, and is a regular contributor to radio.
