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End-of-life Care: An Interdisciplinary PerspectiveMaster of Public Health Program, School of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, Deborah_Viola{at}nymc.edu
Compassion & Choices of New York
Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, Eastern Division, New York New York The Institute of Medicine has described the ``deathdenying character of American society'' and surely, there is an opportunity to change this character. Despite our understandable concern with costs, end-of-life care options must be variously considered from economic, ethical, and legislative perspectives. We consider these multiple perspectives of end-of-life care in an attempt to inform current thinking on the part of legislators, policy makers, providers, patients, families/ caregivers, and insurers on the issue of end-of-life care. Society must be educated to understand that death can be peaceful and that end-of-life planning and care is an integral part of society's continuum of care. Enabling affordability, expanding availability, and ensuring access are the only ways of realizing that outcome.
Key Words: end-of-life care • palliative care • cost of dying
This version was published on April
1, 2009 American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 26, No. 2,
75-78 (2009) |
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