Improving Care at the End of Life with Complete Mentary Medicine

Résumé du livre

Examines the status of care provided for individuals who are dying. Witnesses: Ira Byock, M.D., dir., the Palliative Care Center, Missoula, MT; Dannion H. Brinkley, chmn. of the board, Compassion in Action; Carolene Marks, San Francisco, CA; Xiao Ming Tian, M.D., L.AC, Wildwood Acupuncture Center, Bethesda, MD; Thomas V. Holohan, M.D., Chief, Patient Care Services, and Judith Salerno, M.D., Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and Extended Care Strategic Health Care Group, Veterans Health Admin.; Kathleen Buto, Deputy Dir., Center for Health Plans and Providers, Health Care Financing Admin. (HCFA); and Patricia Grady, Ph.D., Dir., Nat. Institute for Nursing Research, NIH.