Changing the way we die
Subtitle: compassionate end-of-life care and the hospice movement
By: Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel ; foreword by Joan Halifax, Ph. D.
Contributors: Himmel, Sheila, author
Edition: Large Print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781410468031
Subjects: Compassion; Large type books; Death; Hospice care; Terminal care
Description: 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.
Notes: Reprint of: Street Berkeley, California : Viva Editions, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The choice. What do you want to do with the rest of your life?; title: Birth of a movement; title: Cure versus care; title: The patients. Evelyn Landes: House calls; title: Alice and Ying Wun: A fragile family peace; title: Peter Serrell: Final fast; title: Fred Holliday: Inside the Catch-22 of hospice; title: The survivors. Up from the abyss; title: Turning points; title: The providers. The gift of grace; title: New course for doctors; title: Dying for dollars; title: Cultural revolutions; title: Not if, but when; title: Reflections.