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Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness
Date:4/1/2010

Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness is the first book to provide a comprehensive look at the new field of medicine that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness. Diane E. Meier, Stephen L. Isaacs, Robert Hughes (Editors)

New York, NY (Vocus) April 1, 2010 -- Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness is the first book to provide a comprehensive look at the new field of medicine that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness.

Diane E. Meier, MD, 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.

As part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy, the book will serve as a guide to meaningful approaches toward improving the quality of care seriously ill Americans receive today. “Palliative care…recognizes that serious illness and the suffering that accompanies it is a universal human condition, affecting every one of us. It strives to redress the fragmentation and discontinuities of the health care system, recognizing that the patient and the family still need care when they leave the hospital or the doctor’s office,” Meier writes.

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 Cassell, Balfour Mount, and Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, to influential newer articles on topics such as caregiving and the cost savings of palliative care. The reprints cover a wide range of topics including:

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