End-of-Life Care: Services, Costs, Ethics, and Quality of Care

Colello, Kirsten J. ; Mulvey, Janemarie ; Sarata, Amanda K. ; Williams, Erin D. ; Thomas, Kenneth R.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Gerontology;    Aged;    Health policy;    Long-term care;    Terminal care facilities;   

RP-ID  :  R40235
RP-ID  :  R40235_2009Feb23

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides information on various aspects of end-of-life care: (1) demographic and historical changes affecting death and dying in the United States (2) the definitions of end-of-life, palliative, and hospice care (3) costs associated with end-of-life care (4) end-of-life care laws and ethics (5) quality of care at the end of life and (6) policy issues that would modify or expand the federal government's role in addressing end-of-life care.