Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore: Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life: 10 - Rilegato

Lynn, Joanne

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0520243005 ISBN 13: 9780520243002

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2004

Riassunto

In an informative manual on the modern health-care system, the author maintains that health care and community services do not meet the needs of the people who face illness and disability before death and offers an action plan for genuine reform.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Joanne Lynn is Director of The Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies, Senior Scientist at the RAND Corporation, and President of Americans for Better Care of the Dying. She is the coauthor of Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians (2000) and Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness (1999), among other books. She has coedited several books, including A Good Dying: Shaping Health Care for the Last Months of Life (1998) and By No Extraordinary Means: The Choice to Forgo Life-Sustaining Food and Water (1986). She has also been a physician serving people living out the end of life in hospices, nursing homes, home care, and hospitals.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"Joanne Lynn is a national treasure—the most articulate, courageous, and scientifically-grounded voice in our nation for the improvement of health care for people approaching the end of life. For the public and professionals alike, her work provides motivation and sound guidance for building the care system we need, a system that we do not yet, by any means, have."—Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., President and CEO, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520243005
• ISBN 13: 9780520243002
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 205