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Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life

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Likely Readers

The natural reader is medicine readers, medical students, clinicians, and healthcare library buyers. A casual browser may miss the point; this is more useful when the buyer already has a course, rotation, certification, or clinical problem in mind.

Overview

Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life reads as a academic medical book built around evidence-based practice. That gives it a clearer role than a general survey text.

Subject Focus

  • Guideline, policy, or evidence-based material gives the book a useful connection to current practice standards.

Learning Approach

A sensible reading path would start with evidence-based practice, then branch into the sections that answer the reader’s immediate clinical or academic question.

Editorial Notes

The tone is best approached as professional reference material. It should reward readers who need precise terminology and a clear route back to the subject later.

Book Details

Author Institute of Medicine, Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End-of-Life Issues
Publisher National Academies Press
Publication Date March 19, 2015
Language English
Print Length 638 pages
ISBN-10 0309303109
ISBN-13 978-0309303101
Format Hardcover
Dimensions 6.1 x 1.8 x 9.1 inches
Item Weight 2.55 pounds