The Ethical Will Resource Kit [Paperback]

Barry K Baines (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 1998

Ethical Wills are a way to share your values, beliefs, hopes, life's lessons, stories, love, and forgiveness with your family and community. The Ethical Will Resource Kit contains historical information about ethical wills, a series of easy-to-follow exercises that lead you step-by-step through the process of creating your own ethical will. The kit contains a number of examples of modern ethical wills and a list of additional references.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Barry K. Baines, MD is an alumnus of Brooklyn College with a degree in Psychology, and a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is a family physician and Medical Director of HealthPartners Hospice of the Lakes in Minneapolis, MN. Barry also serves as chair of the Twin Cities Jewish Healing Program.

He has cultivated an interest in ethical wills since 1990, and developed the kit as a way to help people of all ages and faith communities to easily create their own ethical will.

Product Details

• Paperback: 26 pages
• Publisher: Josaba Ltd (April 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967679400
• ISBN-13: 978-0967679402
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #923,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Legacy, March 18, 2000

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Judy E. Meath (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ethical Will Resource Kit (Paperback)

The Ethical Will Kit is a unique and wonderful way to help me think through and develop a written legacy for my husband and sons. It is a simple idea, that of passing on our values to our family. But getting started is difficult. With the help of the examples in the kit and the clear and concise guidance it provides, it makes it so easy to do. I found the kit to be of great value to me as I write my ethical will and I am certain others will too. I wish this kit was available when my own parents were living -it would have been a wonderful way for them to leave loved ones with a written legacy of values that I know they lived, but would have been so much more precious had they written them down.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What you see is what you get, March 16, 2000

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Arthur J. Glassman (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ethical Will Resource Kit (Paperback)

This "kit" is exactly what it purports to be - a useful, easy to understand "how to" guide to preparing an ethical will. I have read many ethical wills and thought about writing one for almost a year. This kit gave me an easy to use formula to writing my ethical will, while helping me think for myself about its contents. It provided the impetus for getting the job done.

I have also found the kit helpful for the estate planning clients in my law practice. The kit helps them express their wishes for their families and formulate their wills and trusts.

This is a reasonably priced tool that, when used as intended, will guide the user through a process that he or she will find rewarding, enlightening and enriching. I recommend it highly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Foresight, March 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ethical Will Resource Kit (Paperback)

This Ethical Will Resource Kit, by Barry K. Baines, M.D., is very timely and is an excellent tool to assist families in sharing their values. The clarity and simplicity of the kit allows families to feel they can do this too. Thank you Dr. Baines for your foresight to develop this informative kit. I hope to utilize some of these methods and tools in my professional and personal life.