Innovations in End-of-Life Care: Practical Strategies and International Perspectives Book

Dedicated to more humane care, this invaluable volume is a compilation of cutting-edge strategies for making improvements in the quality of care for patients and their families through life's final transition. Its purpose is to improve quality of care through the dissemination, cross-cultural analysis, and critical examination of innovative practices. It features in-depth descriptions of how health care professionals have redesigned systems of care to better support dying patients, as well as analytical essays and international commentary from leaders in the growing worldwide palliative care movement.

Innovations in End-of-Life Careis 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.