Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life

by Institute of Medicine

For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309303109
• ISBN13: 9780309303101
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 638 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"