[Barbarah]

The Conversation, A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

by Barbarah on Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:51 pm

The Conversation by Angelo E. Volandes, MD, strikes me as a companion piece to Atul Gawande's book. His subtitle, A Revolutionary Plan for End of Life Care, identifies the specific nature of his recommendations for patients who wish to receive the type of medical care consistent with their values. He suggests four questions to be considered regarding one's medical care and recommends that answers be perceived as part of an on-going process which is shared with family and medical provider: The Conversation.

While I, the multiple myeloma patient, am contemplating the possible enormity of the task, my healthy-as-a-horse husband in one evening read the book and drafted the first version of his wishes! The Conversation has produced an energetic and fascinating discussion so far! Much easier to do, I suspect, without a sense of immediacy.