02967nam 2200577 a 450 991045590800332120200520144314.01-282-08217-597866120821770-309-51825-30-585-02427-8(CKB)110986584752548(EBL)3375542(SSID)ssj0000104913(PQKBManifestationID)11653216(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104913(PQKBWorkID)10100370(PQKB)11766157(MiAaPQ)EBC3375542(Au-PeEL)EBL3375542(CaPaEBR)ebr10040959(OCoLC)817957828(EXLCZ)9911098658475254819970709d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrApproaching death[electronic resource] 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, editorsWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19971 online resource (455 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-09002-4 0-309-06372-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 1994B 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; IndexTerminal careUnited StatesElectronic books.Terminal care362.1/75/0973Field Marilyn J(Marilyn Jane)855032Cassel Christine K884666MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455908003321Approaching death1975549UNINA