| Description |
xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Has been co-published simultaneously as the Hospice journal, volume 13, number 1/2 1998." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ars moriendi: illuminations on "The Good Death" from the arts and humanities -- Hospice: current practice, future possibilities -- Managed, capitated care: opportunities for good and evil -- Pain, symptoms, and suffering: posssibilities and barriers -- Visions and strategies: what participants and others might do -- Demography and epidemiology of dying in the U.S. with emphasis on deaths of older persons -- A history of the Medicare hospice benefit -- Predicting patient |
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survival before and after hospice enrollment -- Pain and the barriers to its relief at the end of life: a lesson for improving end of life health care -- Why not the best for the chronically ill? -- The importance of measuring quality of care at the end of life -- An update on efforts by the hospice community and the National Hospice Organization to improve access to quality hospice care -- Overview on ABIM End-of-Life Patient Care Project: caring for the dying: |
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identification and promotion of physician competency -- Quality end of life care: the case for a MediCaring demonstration -- New endeavors and innovative programs in end of life care. |
| Subject |
Terminal care.
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Terminal Care.
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| Added Author |
Harrold, Joan K.
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Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
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| ISBN |
0789003996 alkaline paper |
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0789005026 alkaline paper |
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