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End-of-life Care: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
New York Medical College
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Deborah_viola{at}nymc.edu.
The Institute of Medicine has described the "death-denying 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.
First published on December 29, 2008, doi:10.1177/1049909108328699 |
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