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

Addresses various aspects of end-of-life care, covering demographic and historical changes affecting death and dying; definitions of end-of-life, palliative, and hospice care; associated costs; end-of-life care laws and ethics; quality of care; and policy issues to modify or expand Federal role.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aging. Death. Health facilities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Addresses various aspects of end-of-life care, covering demographic and historical changes affecting death and dying; definitions of end-of-life, palliative, and hospice care; associated costs; end-of-life care laws and ethics; quality of care; and policy issues to modify or expand Federal role.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.