Journey's End

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Journey's End

An Investigation of Death and Dying In Modern America

Connelly, Michael D

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

04/2023

268

Dura

Inglês

9781538175484

15 a 20 dias

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments:
Forward By Professor David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Introduction:
Chapter 1: Preparing for the Last Phase of Life
Chapter 2: Agony: the Default Option
Chapter 3: The Fiction of Living Forever
Chapter 4: The Art and Science of Medicine
Chapter 5: The Economics and Ethics of Dying
Chapter 6: The Physicians' Burden
Chapter 7: Patient Autonomy - A Double-Edged Sword
Chapter 8: Who's Afraid of the Big GR?
Chapter 9: Disappearing
Chapter 10: Options for End-of-Life Care
Chapter 11: Preparing the Paperwork for Elderhood
Chapter 12: Understanding the FFS Payment System
Chapter 13: Fixing Primary Care Physicians Payments
Chapter 14: Making Comfort Care More Accessible
Chapter 15: Funding Options for End-of-Life Care
Chapter 16: Reinstituting the Role of Care Coordination
And Creating A Home for End-of-Life Conversations
Chapter 17: Accepting Life's Limits
Chapter 18: The Importance of Trade-Offs.
Chapter 19: Concluding Observations
Appendix: Summary Recommendations
advanced directives; aging; assisted living; caregiver; caregiving; caretaker; Death; death and life; death literacy; eldercare; elderly; EOL; EOL care; health advocacy; healthcare; healthcare reform; healthcare system; home health; hospice; hospice care; hospital; hospital systems management; illness; long term care; medical training practices; nursing home; palliative care; patient stories; patients; physicians; seniors; terminal illness