Innovations In End-of-Life Care--Vol. 2 - Softcover

All over the world, people are developing better ways to care for the dying and their families. Gathering and sharing the best ideas of health care leaders around the globe - from doctors and nurses to social workers and hospice professionals - is the mission of an important new book, Innovations in End-of-Life Care: Practical Strategies & International Perspectives. Innovations in End-of-Life Care is at once a handbook, a consciousness raiser, and an inspirational guide. It is also a reference book of resources and tools, with protocols and bibliographies to help you, your health care institution, and your community improve care for those in the advanced stages of illness.

"...gives us all a unique opportunity to communicate internationally on medical, psychological, sociological ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care." -- Stein Kaasa, MD, PhD President, European Association for Palliative Care

"I heartily recommend it." -- Stein Kaasa, MD, PhD

"Innovations is a unique and creative medical publication that closely reflects the excitement, diversity, and complexity of palliative care." -- Diane Meier, MD Director, Hertzberg Palliative Care InstituteCo-Director, Center to Advance Palliative CareMount Sinai Hospital, New York

"Innovations tells the stories of substantial improvements in care and helps readers to understand how to replicate the gains." -- Joanne Lynn, MD