{"product_id":"palliative-care-transforming-the-care-of-serious-illness-paperback-softback-9780470527177","title":"Palliative Care; Transforming the Care of Serious Illness (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470527177","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePalliative Care\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransforming the Care of Serious Illness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDiane E. Meier (Edited by), DE Meier (Author), Stephen L. Isaacs (Edited by), Robert Hughes (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470527177, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 17.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.735 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiane E. Meier, M.D., one of the field's leaders and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation \"genius award\" in 2009, opens the volume with a sweeping overview of the field. In her essay, Dr. Meier examines the roots of palliative care, explores the key legal and ethical issues, discusses the development of palliative care, and presents ideas on policies that can improve access to palliative care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Meier's essay is followed by reprints of twenty-five of the most important articles in the field. They range from classic pieces by some of the field's pioneers, such as Eric Cassel, Balfour Mount, and Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, to influential newer articles on topics such as caregiving and cost savings of palliative care. The reprints cover a wide range of topics including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy the care of the seriously ill is so important\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eEfforts to cope with advanced illness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal and ethical issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePain management\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-cultural issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe demand for palliative care has been nothing short of stunning—largely because of palliative care's positive impact on both the quality and the cost of care provided to seriously ill individuals. By providing a wide-ranging perspective on this growing field, this book will serve as a guide for developing meaningful approaches that will lead to better health care for all Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword (Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Editors').  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction (Diane E. Meier, Stephen L. Isaacs, and Robert G. Hughes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Review of the Palliative Care Field: Original Article.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Development, Status, and Future of Palliative Care (Diane E. Meier).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReprints of Key Articles and Book Chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Care of the Seriously Ill: Why Is It an Important Issue? Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life (Marilyn J. Field and Christine K. Cassel, editors, for the Committee on Care at the End of Life, Institute of Medicine).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Decisions Near the End of Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCouncil on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, American Medical Association.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Efforts to Cope with Death and Provide Care for the Dying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Hope (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine (Eric J. Cassell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing (Betty R. Ferrell and Nessa Coyle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Death: “The Distinguished Thing” (Daniel Callahan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Philosophy of Terminal Care (Cicely Saunders).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Access to Hospice Care: Expanding Boundaries, Overcoming Barriers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Bruce Jennings, True Ryndes, Carol D’Onofrio, and Mary Ann Baily).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Health Care Proxy and the Living Will (George J. Annas).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Terri Schiavo: A Tragedy Compounded (Timothy E. Quill).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Research into End-of-Life Care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. A Controlled Trial to Improve Care for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: The Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments (SUPPORT)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSUPPORT Principal Investigators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patients, Family, Physicians, and Other Care Providers (Karen E. Steinhauser, Nicholas A. Christakis, Elizabeth C. Clipp, Maya McNeilly, Lauren McIntyre, and James A Tulsky).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Use of Hospitals, Physician Visits, and Hospice Care During Last Six Months of Life Among Cohorts Loyal to Highly Respected Hospitals in the United States (John E. Wennberg, Elliott S. Fisher, Thérèse A. Stukel, Jonathan S. Skinner, Sandra M. Sharp, and Kristen K. Bronner).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Family Perspectives on End-of-Life Care at the Last Place of Care (Joan M. Teno, Brian R. Clarridge, Virginia Casey, Lisa C. Welch, Terrie Wetle, Renee Shield, and Vincent Mor).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Palliative Care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Treatment of Cancer Pain (Kathleen M. Foley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Responding to Intractable Terminal Suffering: The Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids (Timothy E. Quill and Ira R. Byock, for the ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Response to Quill and Byock, “Responding to Intractable Suffering” (Daniel P. Sulmasy, Wayne A. Ury, Judith C. Ahronheim, Mark Siegler, Leon Kass, John Lantos, Robert A. Burt, Kathleen Foley, Richard Payne, Carlos Gomez, Thomas J. Krizek, Edmund D. Pellegrino, and Russell K. Portenoy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Challenges in Palliative Care: Four Clinical Areas That Confront and Challenge Hospice Practitioners (Balfour M. Mount).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Outcomes from a National Multispecialty Palliative Care Curriculum Development Project (David E. Weissman, Bruce Ambuel, Charles F. von Gunten, Susan Block, Eric Warm, James Hallenbeck, Robert Milch, Karen Brasel, and Patricia B. Mullan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Negotiating Cross-Cultural Issues at the End of Life: “You Got to Go Where He Lives” (Marjorie Kagawa-Singer and Leslie J. Blackhall).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Variability in Access to Hospital Palliative Care in the United States (Benjamin Goldsmith, Jessica Dietrich, Qingling Du, and R. Sean Morrison).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Do Palliative Care Consultations Improve Patient Outcomes (David Casarett, Amy Pickard, F. Amos Bailey, Christine Ritchie, Christian Furman, Ken Rosenfeld, Scott Shreve, Zhen Chen, Judy A. Shea)?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Cost Savings Associated with U.S. Hospital Palliative Care Consultation Programs (R. Sean Morrison, Joan D. Penrod, J. Brian Cassel, Melissa Caust-Ellenbogen, Ann Litke, Lynn Spragens, Diane E. Meier, for the Pallative Care Leadership Centers' Outcomes Group).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Loneliness of the Long-Term Care Giver (Carol Levine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Understanding Economic and Other Burdens of Terminal Illness: The Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers (Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Diane L. 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