The Hospice Heritage: Celebrating Our Future

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ISBN: 9780789008473 | 0789008475
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Copyright: 11/23/1999

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The Hospice Heritage: Celebrating Our Future discusses the history of hospice as well as up-to-date issues to inform you of the successes and struggles of hospice care today.

About the Contributors

xvii

Preface

xix

Inge B. Corless

Zelda Foster

FOUNDATIONS

Origins: International Perspectives, Then and Now

(8)

Dame Cicely Saunders

Origins: An American Perspective

(6)

Zelda Foster

Inge B. Corless

History of the National Hospice Organization

(18)

Larry Beresford

Stephen R. Connor

ISSUES

Symptom Control in Hospice--State of the Art

(30)

J. Cameron Muir

Lisa M. Krammer

Jacqueline R. Cameron

Charles F. von Gunten

Spirituality

(12)

Emily Chandler

Access to Care

(10)

Constance M. Dahlin

End of Life Care and Decision Making: How Far We Have Come, How Far We Have to Go

(24)

Connie Zuckerman

David Wollner

CURRENT EFFORTS

End-of-Life Care: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Care Professionals

109

(14)

Deborah Witt Sherman

Hospice vs. Palliative Care

123

(16)

Patrice O'Connor

The NHO Medical Guidelines for Non-Cancer Disease and Local Medical Review Policy: Hospice Access for Patients with Disease Other Than Cancer

139

(16)

Brad Stuart

Hospice Care and Palliative Care: A Perspective from Experience

155

(12)

Paul R. Brenner

Putting Patient and Family Voice Back into Measuring Quality of Care for the Dying

167

(10)

Joan M. Teno

Documenting the Impact of Hospice

177

(16)

Melanie P. Merriman

New Initiatives Transforming Hospice Care

193

(12)

Stephen R. Connor

REFLECTIONS AND REMINISCENCES

Reflections on Death in America

205

(12)

George Soros

Personal Reflections

217

(12)

Claire B. Tehan

Reflections on the History of Occupational Stress in Hospice/Palliative Care

229

(18)

Mary L. S. Vachon

Hospice Reminiscences and Reflections--An 18 Year Personal and Professional Love Affair

247

(6)

Ann MacGregor

The Moment of Death: Is Hospice Making a Difference?

253

(18)

Robert Kastenbaum

Index

271

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The Hospice Heritage: Celebrating Our Future

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