Previous Event

January 14, 2007
"End of Life Decisions and Negotiations "
by Julien Puzey, MA

Julien Puzey is a social psychologist, the director of End-of-Life Care Partnership, a wellness educator and a health care consumer advocate.

This presentation explored how end of life expectations, practices and policies have changed in the in the past 80 to 100 years, the failure of the Living Will and the how to turn your end-of-life care preferences into a physicians order.

          Suggested References and Resources:

            Websites:

www.POLST.org
www.caringinfo.org
www.carefordying.org 

          Books:

• William H. Colby, Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America. AMACOM, New York, 2006
• Peter G. Filene, Ivan R. Dee, In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right to Die in America. Chicago, 1998
• Joanne Lynn, Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore: Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life. Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, 2004
• Eugene O’Kelly, Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life. McGraw – Hill, New York, 2006
• Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1998
• Joanne Lynn, MD, and Joan Harrold, MD; Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999