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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826177503321

Titolo

Approaching death : improving care at the end of life / / Committee on Care at the End of Life, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Marilyn J. Field and Christine K. Cassel, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17460-0

1-282-08217-5

9786612082177

0-309-51825-3

0-585-02427-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)

CasselChristine K

Disciplina

362.1/75/0973

Soggetti

Terminal care - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 A Profile of Death and Dying in America; 3 Caring at the End of Life; 4 The Health Care System and the Dying Patient; 5 Accountability and Quality in End-of-Life Care; 6 Financial and Economic Issues in End-of-Life Care; 7 Legal Issues; 8 Educating Clinicians and Other Professionals; 9 Directions for Research to Improve Care at the End of Life; 10 Conclusions and Recommendations; References; A Institute of Medicine Feasibility Study on Care at the End of Life1 August 1993-February 1994

B Institute of Medicine Committee on Care at the End of Life Public MeetingsC Examples of Initiatives to Improve Care at the End of Life*; D Prognosis and Clinical Predictive Models for Critically Ill Patients; E Cultural Diversity in Decisionmaking About Care at the End of Life; F Measuring Care at the End of Life; G Excerpts from Medical Guidelines for Determining Prognosis in Selected NonCancer Diseases*; H American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Competence in End-of-Life Care*; I Examples of Medical Education Curricula; J Committee



Biographies; Index