| Description |
xv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Johns Hopkins series in contemporary medicine and public health |
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Johns Hopkins series in contemporary medicine and public health.
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| Note |
"This work was supported in part by grants from DHHS/HCFA Grant no. 99-P-97793/1-0, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the John A. Hartford Foundation"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 253-260. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The hospice experiment : an alternative in terminal care / Vincent Mor, David S. Greer, and Robert Kastenbaum -- Participating hospices and the patients they serve ; The research design of the national hospice study / Vincent Mor -- The impact of hospices on the health-care costs of terminal cancer patients ; Hospice services and cost savings in the last weeks of life / David Kidder -- The medical and social service interventions of hospice and nonhospice patients / Vincent Mor, David S. Greer, and Richard Golberg -- The last weeks of life : does hospice care make a difference? / John N. Morris ... [et al.] -- The effect of hospice care on where patients die / Vincent Mor ... [et al.] -- The first months of bereavement / Sylvia Sherwood ... [et al.] -- The hospice volunteer ; Organizational growth and change among hospices / Linda Laliberte and Vincent Mor -- Public policy and the hospice movement ; Concepts, questions, and research priorities / David S. Greer, Vincent Mor, and Robert Kastenbaum. |
| Subject |
Hospices (Terminal care) -- United States.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Hospices |
| Subject |
Hospices -- United States.
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Terminal Care -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Mor, Vincent.
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Greer, David S.
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Kastenbaum, Robert.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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John A. Hartford Foundation.
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| ISBN |
0801835429 alkaline paper |
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9780801835421 alkaline paper |
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