Dying in America : improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life / Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings,...

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Corporate Author:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End-of-Life Issues (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Terminal care > United States. Patient-centered health care. Palliative treatment. Death > Psychological aspects. Patient-centered health care Palliative treatment Death > Psychological aspects Terminal care United States
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
The delivery of person-centered, family-oriented end-of-life care
Clinician-patient communication and advance care planning
Professional education and development
Policies and payment systems to support high-quality end-of-life care
Public education and engagement.

Dying in America : improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life / Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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