Exploring the failure of hospice in America to care for patients and families at the end of life. Hospice is the dominant form of end-of-life care in the United

When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suff

A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time. It is harder to die in this coun

Written as an introduction for professionals, this book gives the reader an overall grasp of how hospice care is practised, the challenges hospices currently fa

For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the Unite