Despite advances in medical care, Americans still often suffer from unnecessary pain, discomfort and lack of caring at the end of life. Improved provider education and increased public awareness can lead to better end-of-life care.
Palliative Care
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Providing Care-Not Cure-for Patients with Chronic Conditions
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology by Lisa Lopez, a freelance writer specializing in health care, analyzes the strategies and accomplishments of two significant investments by the Foundation to improve the way services for chronically ill people are organized and delivered
Terminally Ill Want a Natural Death - But Are Afraid to Take Necessary Actions, Study Shows
May 28, 2008 | Program Result
Project staff at American Health Decisions conducted focus groups in 32 cities, did telephone interviews with terminally ill people and conducted a follow-up survey with focus group participants to determine how Americans view end-of-life care.
National Resource for Faculty Development in Palliative Care Set Up in New Center at Harvard Medical School
June 12, 2008 | Program Result
General Hospital Corporation-Massachusetts General Hospital established the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, a national resource for faculty development in palliative care.
JAMA Case Studies Examine End-of-Life Care Management Issues
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
In November 2000, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) began a series of articles, Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life, which examines challenges in caring for patients at the end of life.
Experts in Heart Failure and Palliative Medicine Form Collaborative Research Network to Enhance Care
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
Experts in heart failure, palliative medicine and related fields promoted supportive and palliative care for advanced heart failure patients through research and improvement in clinical care.
Improving End of Life Care: Why Has it Been So Difficult?
August 28, 2008 | Program Result
The Hastings Center published a special report, "Improving End of Life Care: Why Has It Been So Difficult?," as a supplement to the November/December 2005 issue of the Hastings Center Report.
Setting Standards for Assessing and Treating Pain
August 22, 2008 | Program Result
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health worked with the Joint Commission on the development of accreditation standards for the assessment and treatment of pain.
Movie "Wit" is a Hit with Medical Students Learning about Care of Dying Patients
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Wit Film Project is a medical training program using the Emmy Award-winning HBO film adaptation of the stage play Wit to advance education on end-of-life care.
"Before I Die" Television Program Generates Discussion on End-of-Life Issues
February 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, and Barksdale Ballard & Company, a Vienna, Va., communications firm, produced a television broadcast and a multi-media curriculum to be used by grassroots organizations to promote the exploration of attitudes toward end-of-life issues.
"Five Wishes"
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Florida Commission on Aging with Dignity, a privately funded nonprofit in Tallahassee, Fla., held a series of five community forums in Florida in 1996 and 1997 on a variety of aging and end-of-life issues.