Comfort and care at the end of life
By: editor, Spencer B. Adams
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608767687
Subjects: Senior centers; Older people; Care
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Hospice / National Cancer Institute; title: End of life : helping with comfort and care / National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; title: End-of-life care : services, costs, ethics and quality of care / Kirsten J. Colello, Analyst in Gerontology, Janemarie Mulvey, Specialist in Aging Policy, Amanda K. Sarata, Analyst in Health Policy and Genetics, Erin D. Williams, Specialist in Public Health and Bioethics, Kenneth R. Thomas, Legislative Attorney; title: End-of-life care : key components provided by programs in four states : end-of-life fact sheet / National Institutes of Health; title: Honoring final wishes : how to respect Americans' choices at the end of life / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Chair Senate Special Committee on Aging, Patricia A. Bomba, Vice-President and Medical Director, Geriatrics Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield; title: Hearing on advance directives and end of life care / Joan Curran, Gundersen Lutheran Health System; title: Testimony of W.A. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; title: Honoring final wishes : how to respect Americans' choices at the end of life : opening statement of senator Herb Kohl, Special Committee on Aging Hearing; title: Palliative care in U.S. hospitals : implications for access to quality healthcare / Diane E. Meier, MD, Brookdale Dept. of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York; title: Statement of Joseph D. O'Connor, Chair, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging : honoring final wishes hearing : Sheldon Whitehouse opening statement : testimony of Joan M. Teno, MD, professor of community health and medicine, Brown University, for the Senate Special Committee on Aging Medicare Hospice benefits, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; title: Medicare's hospice benefit / Julie Stone, Specialist in Health Care Financing; title: Physician-assisted suicide and the controlled substances act : gonzalez v. oregon / Brian T. Yet, American Law Division; title: Face the facts : topics to discuss with your aging parents.