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Describing death in America : what we need to know / June R. Lunney ... [et al.], editors ; National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, and Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--United States.
- Terminal care.
- Cancer--Palliative treatment--United States.
- Cancer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of those dying, or whether the situation is getting better or worse over time. The information that exists oedescribing death at a national level " though some of it is very informative " is fragmentary. This report recommends ways to fill the information gaps by better use of existing nationally-representative data, and through some new measures, in particular, a new, ongoing National Mortality Followback Survey. The aim is to allow us to benchmark where we are today as a society, and what goals we can set to minimize pain and suffering and maximize the quality of life of all of us who will die in the years to come.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Overview""; ""2 Key Data Elements Pertaining to the End of Life""; ""3 Currently Available Datasets""; ""4 Methodological Issues in the Collection and Use of Data About Dying""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Administrative Information for Relevant Datasets""; ""Appendix B Information on Selected Variables""; ""Appendix C Workshop Agenda and Participants""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-71).
- ISBN:
- 9786610180165
- 9780309168472
- 0309168473
- 9781280180163
- 1280180161
- 9780309507523
- 0309507529
- OCLC:
- 923256973
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