"Choice" is an easy-to-read guide, with descriptive pictures, to help people of all ages make informed decisions about medical treatment, advance healthcare planning, and end-of-life care. The book will help prepare readers to: Take charge of their health, Find the right primary care physician, Know their rights and reponsibilities as a patient, Make the most of their "15 minutes" with the doctor, Understand medical tests and procedures, specialists and their specialties, diagnoses, and systems of the body; Work with the doctor in making often-crucial medical treatment plans and decisions, Plan ahead for medical emergencies, Make end-of-life care wishes known, Complete an advance healthcare directive, Understand palliative care and hospice care options.

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Sheila R. Enders, MSW, is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California Medical Center in Sacramento. Research and the creation of the book resulted from Sheila's selection by the Soros Foundation, Project on Death and Dying in America, as one of 42 Social Work Leaders. Sheila served as a legislative appointee on two health care issues task forces by the California Department of Corrections, and is an editorial board member for the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care. The author has combined years of experience in medical and psychosocial settings with her passion to improve patient-physician communication. She is committed to assisting vulnerable and underserved populations, as well as the general public, in making critical medical and treatment choices, as well as advance healthcare and end-of-life care decisions. Sheila became aware of the need for clearer communication among patients, family members and medical providers during her mother's courageous struggle with cancer, as primary caregiver during her father's chronic illness, and later, with patients facing long-term and terminal illness, including cancer and HIV/AIDS. Her understanding comes from years of service in the areas of clinical and social/behavioral research, HIV?AIDS, palliative care, and hospice.

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