{"product_id":"approaching-death-institute-of-medicine-9780309090025","title":"Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an \"overtreated\" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApproaching Death\u003c\/i\u003e reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetermining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishing clinical and personal goals.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApproaching Death\u003c\/i\u003e considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom \"nothing can be done.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Medicine,Committee on Care at the End of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309090024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309090025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Institute of Medicine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447630377215,"sku":"9780309090025","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_193b1335-30a8-4fe6-84a8-75c594d639d0.jpg?v=1777233976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaching-death-institute-of-medicine-9780309090025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}