Financial Times Prentice Hall
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007
Wants, wishes, and wills; a medical and legal guide to protecting yourself and your family in sickness and in health.
Whitman, Wynne A. and Shawn D. Glisson.
Financial Times Prentice Hall, ©2007 302 p. $24.99 RC81
0-13-156898-1
Whitman, an estate planning and administration attorney, and Glisson, an oncologist and hematologist, provides medical and legal information on making end-of-life decisions for those who are sick or healthy. They aim to offer information that can give control to individuals, helping them to make better choices. They also explain medical and legal terms and concepts. Each section has a chapter on wants, wishes, and choices, and the subjects in them include health care, medical experts, communicating with doctors, drugs, interventions, directives, organ donation, and estate planning. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
