Changing the way we die
compassionate end-of-life care and the hospice movement
large type - 2014
There's a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care -- nearly 44 percent of all deaths -- and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel take a broad, penetrating look at the hospice landscape, through stories of real patients, families, and doctors, as well as the corporate giants that increasingly own the market.
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Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,
2014.
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
| Series: | Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning.
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| 500 | |a Reprint of: Street Berkeley, California : Viva Editions, 2013. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-389) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The choice. What do you want to do with the rest of your life? -- Birth of a movement -- Cure versus care -- The patients. Evelyn Landes: House calls -- Alice and Ying Wun: A fragile family peace -- Peter Serrell: Final fast -- Fred Holliday: Inside the Catch-22 of hospice -- The survivors. Up from the abyss -- Turning points -- The providers. The gift of grace -- New course for doctors -- Dying for dollars -- Cultural revolutions -- Not if, but when -- Reflections. | |
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