03273nam 2200697 a 450 991096048890332120251017110108.0978661208217797803091746020309174600978128208217512820821759780309518253030951825397805850242710585024278(CKB)110986584752548(EBL)3375542(SSID)ssj0000104913(PQKBManifestationID)11653216(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104913(PQKBWorkID)10100370(PQKB)11766157(MiAaPQ)EBC3375542(Au-PeEL)EBL3375542(CaPaEBR)ebr10040959(OCoLC)817957828(Perlego)4734262(DNLM)838723(EXLCZ)9911098658475254819970709d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrApproaching 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, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19971 online resource (455 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780309090025 0309090024 9780309063722 0309063728 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 StatesTerminal care362.1/75/0973Field Marilyn J(Marilyn Jane)1804195Cassel Christine K1808608Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Care at the End of Life.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960488903321Approaching death4358941UNINA