[Download] In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care
♥ Kenneth A. Fisher, Lindsay E. Rockwell, Missy Scott ♥
| #3506497 in Books | 2008-03-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x.91 x6.40l,1.25 | File Name: 0275997103 | 240 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good medicine is also cost-effective|By Beth Haynes|Drs. Fisher and Rockwell along with free-lance writer Scott have written a compassionate, extensively researched appeal for rational end-of-life care. Their long over due discussion has the potential to improve the quality of medical care, while at the same time help eliminate wasting our wealth on futile treatments. |"Nephrology consultant Fisher exposes the interface between economics and compassion issues in the dying process that, in the US, is often protracted and medicalized. He proposes possible solutions to address the economics of dying and provide a more humane d
Death is a natural part of life. But it has become a painful, protracted, humiliating process that is often inappropriate for the healthcare patient, puts an undue financial and emotional burden on the family, and provides a model of improper care for physicians in training. And it's expensive―about 22 percent of all medical expenditures are for people in the last year of their lives. Further, while studies show that 90 percent of all people would prefer to die at ...
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