Try these sources of info on advance directives
July 1, 1997 2 minutes read
Try these sources of info on advance directives
If you need booklets or more information on advance directives, check out these sources:
• Channing L. Bete Co., 200 State Road, South Deerfield, MA 01373-0200. Telephone: (800) 628-7733. Fax: (800) 499-6464. The company sells five different booklets on advance directives and life-sustaining treatments. The cost per booklet ranges from 41 cents to $1.25, depending on the number of booklets ordered. Also, the company sells an 18-minute video called "Advance Directives: The Decision is Yours," for $75.
• m3 The Healthcare Learning Co., 1230 Riverbend, Suite 218, Dallas, TX 75247. Telephone: (214) 630-6234. Fax: (214) 630-6219. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: m3.com. The multimedia production and marketing company has an interactive, CD-ROM curriculum for home care staff educators that includes an employee course on "Patient Rights/Advance Directives." The course has sound, full-motion video, and graphics and is customized with the home health care facility’s name/logo and the agency’s specific information. It also records each student’s progress and competency levels. The price is $15 per employee.
• Midwest Bioethics Center, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City have developed a brochure called "Advance Directives: Making Your Health Care Decisions" as part of a partnership to educate people about their medical rights. The brochure and advance directive forms are available on the Internet at Web site: www.midbio.com/ad.htm. Or to order a copy of the group’s advance directive or durable power of attorney, contact Quality Litho, 4627 Mission Road, Kansas City, KS 66103. Telephone: (913) 262-5341. Fax: (913) 262-8124. Or you can call Midwest Bioethics at (816) 221-1100 or e-mail at [email protected].
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