DESCRIPTION:
End-of-Life Care Today! Strategies To Improve End-of-Life Care and How You Can Educate Patients and the Public About Hospice and Appropriate End-of-Life Care covers trends in the state of end-of-life care today.
You'll get details about how experts believe end-of-life care can be improved, and how hospice professionals can further influence end-of-life care. Plus, you'll get practical strategies you can use to educate patients and your community about hospice and appropriate end-of-life care. (40 pages)
The Table of Contents includes:
- Trends in End-of-Life Care
- Patients and Health Professionals Need Education About Hospice, p. 2
- The Role of Nurses in End-of-Life Decisions, p. 3
- Barriers to Effective Pain Management, p. 4
- Women Are Especially Vulnerable To Inadequate
- Treatment at End of Life, p. 7
- Dying Patients' Spiritual Beliefs Underserved by Clergy, p. 9
- Strategies To Improve End-of-Life Care
- Coalition Studies End-of-Life Care: Makes Recommendations for Improving Care, p. 13
- Organizations Set Goals for Cancer Education, Treatment, p. 14
- How To Influence End-of-Life Care, p. 15
- Understanding Pain Could Lead to Truce in Medical War on Terminal Illness, p. 17
- How To Improve End-of-Life Care, p. 19
- AMA To Improve How Physicians Care for Terminal Patients, p. 20
- Last Acts Unveils Its Vision for Better Care at the End of Life, p. 21
- How You Can Educate Patients and the Public About Hospice and Appropriate End-of-Life Care
- Florida Hospices Get Into Debate on End-of-Life Care by Sponsoring Community Forums, p. 25
- Hospice Creates "Institute" To Educate Healthcare Professionals, p. 26
- To Improve End-of-Life Care, Tell Your Stories, p. 27
- Group Holds Conference To Educate Non-Hospice Healthcare Professionals, p. 27
- How You Can Use the World Wide Web To Educate Your Community About Hospice, p. 28
- Hospice Targets Religious Audiences, Increases Awareness, p. 30
- Hospice Honors Funeral Directors To Improve Name Recognition, p. 31
- Pastoral Network Advances Hospice Principles, p. 32
- Advice To Give Your Staff if Patients Mention Physician-Assisted Suicide, p. 33
- How Legislators Should Help Educate Consumers, Healthcare Professionals About End-of-Life Care, p. 34
- Public Radio and Hospice: Making Media Work for You, p. 36
- Sources
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