Overview

For some elderly people, the body weakens while the mind stays alert. Others remain physically strong, and cognitive losses take a huge toll. But for everyone, death is inevitable, and each loss is personally felt by those close to the one who has died. End-of-life care is the term used to describe the support and medical care given during the time surrounding death. An older person is often living, and dying, with one or more chronic illnesses and needs a lot of care for days, weeks, and sometimes even months. This book explores helping with comfort and care at the end-of-life and hopes to make the unfamiliar territory of death slightly more comfortable for everyone involved. Discussions on hospice, end-of-life services, costs, ethics, and quality of care are contained herein.

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Author:   Spencer B Adams
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781608767687

ISBN 10:   160876768
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   16 February 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Hospice (National Cancer Institute); End of Life: Helping with Comfort & Care; End-of-Life Care: Services, Costs, Ethics & Quality of Care; End-of-Life Care: Key Components Provided by Programs in Four States; End-of-Life Fact Sheet; Honoring Final Wishes: How to Respect Americans' Choices at the End of Life; Hearing on Advance Directives & End of Life Care; Testimony of W A Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General (Before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging); Honoring Final Wishes: How to Respect Americans' Choices at the End of Life: Opening Statement of Senator Herb Kohl (Special Committee on Aging Hearing); Palliative Care in U.S. Hospitals: Implications for Access to Quality Healthcare; Statement of Joseph D. O'Connor, Chair, American Bar Association Commission on Law & Aging; Honoring Final Wishes Hearing: Sheldon Whitehouse Opening Statement; Testimony of Joan M Teno, MD, Professor of Community Health & Medicine, Brown University, for the Senate Special Committee on Aging; Medicare Hospice Benefits; Physician-Assisted Suicide & the Controlled Substances Act: Gonzalez v. Oregon; Face the Facts: Topics to Discuss with your Aging Parents; Index.

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