In defiance of death
Subtitle: exposing the real costs of end-of-life care
By: Kenneth A. Fisher ; with Lindsay E. Rockwell and Missy Scott ; foreword by Benjamin Brown.
Contributors: Rockwell, Lindsay E.; Scott, Missy, 1946-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780275997106
Subjects: Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Death -- United States; Terminal Care -- economics -- United States; Terminal Care -- ethics -- United States; Attitude to Death -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Patient Rights -- United States; Terminal Care -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Terminally Ill -- psychology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dying in America today; title: Roots of the problem: the Patient Self-Determination Act, advance directives, and the Americans with Disabilities Act; title: Why we need appropriate care committees; title: The three most typical end-of-life populations; title: Hospitals, escalating costs, and end-of-life care; title: Nursing homes; title: Palliative care and hospice; title: A big step in the right direction: the VA transforms end-of-life care.