End Of Life
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End-of-life care Medical care for those with a terminal illness or terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive, and incurable.
End-of-life care
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Trends in Cancer Care Near the End of Life
September 4, 2013 | Issue Brief
This Atlas Brief and the accompanying data released on the Dartmouth Atlas web site report the latest findings on end-of-life cancer care.
Scott Simon, His Mom, and Twitter: A Very Public Death
July 31, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Thank you, Scott, for virtually helping so many people cope with their own grief, and for getting us to think about death, dying, and grieving.
Tracking Improvement in the Care of Chronically Ill Patients
June 12, 2013 | Report
A brief from the Dartmouth Atlas Project examines how the care that chronically ill patients received at the end of life changed among hospitals and regions from 2007 to 2010.
Learning to Learn
May 1, 2012 | Story
Failure proved the best teacher as we persisted in our attempts to improve the quality of end-of-life care.
End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer is Highly Intensive Overall and Varies Widely
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer.
New Year's Resolution: Fully Informed Choices
January 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
These experiences imprint themselves indelibly on our memories and our souls. They can be rich and profoundly move us to confronting the realities of our own life and inevitable death. Or they can make us witnesses to torture and inhumane treatment ...
Improving Care at the End of Life
March 1, 2011 | Report
This retrospective evaluation of RWJF's end-of-life programs brings a specific lens to the presentation of that work: how can a funder understand what it takes "to build a field?"
Trends and Variation in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Severe Chronic Illness
April 12, 2011 | Report
Chronicallyill Medicare patients spent fewer days in the hospital and received more hospice care in 2007 than they did in 2003, but at the same time there was an increase in the intensity of care for patients who were hospitalized, according to a Dartmouth Atlas Project report.
Advance Directive Language and Laws May Interfere With Patient Wishes
January 25, 2011 | Story
The guidelines created to protect patients making end-of-life decisions may have the opposite effect. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholar identifies problems and offers solutions.