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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kenneth A Fisher; Lindsay E Rockwell; Missy Scott |
| ISBN: | 9780275997106 0275997103 |
| OCLC Number: | 176925215 |
| Description: | xvi, 219 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Figures and tables -- Foreword : The art of medicine / Benjamin Brown -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Dying in America today -- ch. 2. Roots of the problem : the Patient Self-Determination Act, advance directives, and the Americans with Disabilities Act -- ch. 3. Why we need appropriate care committees -- ch. 4. The three most typical end-of-life populations -- ch. 5. Hospitals, escalating costs, and end-of-life care -- ch. 6. Nursing homes -- ch, . 7. Palliative care and hospice -- ch. 8. A big step in the right direction : the VA transforms end-of-life care -- ch. 9. Results of my nonscientific, revealing survey -- ch. 10. "The winds of change : suggestions for new directions in end-of-life care -- Appendix 1 : The survey questionnaires -- Appendix 2 : Family-physician interactions -- Appendix 3 : The Baby K case -- Appendix 4 : In support of appropriate care committees -- Appendix 5 : American medical education -- Appendix 6 : Pharmaceutical company issues -- Appendix 7 : The economic impact of our healthcare if we do not change -- Appendix 8 : The truth about America's healthcare system - most expensive bad results -- Appendix 9 : Dying in America -- Appendix 10 : Universal healthcare in America : the lure of a quick fix -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Kenneth A. Fisher ; with Lindsay E. Rockwell and Missy Scott ; foreword by Benjamin Brown. |
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