Robert Hughes

Diane E. Meier

Stephen L. Isaacs

Palliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness. Diane E. Meier, M.D., one of the field's leaders and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award" in 2009, opens the volume with a sweeping overview of the field. In her essay, Dr. Meier examines the roots of palliative care, explores the key legal and ethical issues, discusses the development of palliative care, and presents ideas on policies that can improve access to palliative care. Dr. Meier's essay is followed by reprints of twenty-five of the most important articles in the field. They range from classic pieces by some of the field's pioneers, such as Eric Cassel, Balfour Mount, and Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, to influential newer articles on topics such as caregiving and cost savings of palliative care. The reprints cover a wide range of topics including: Why the care of the seriously ill is so important Efforts to cope with advanced illness Legal and ethical issues Pain management Cross-cultural issues Philosophical perspective The demand for palliative care has been nothing short of stunning—largely because of palliative care's positive impact on both the quality and the cost of care provided to seriously ill individuals. By providing a wide-ranging perspective on this growing field, this book will serve as a guide for developing meaningful approaches that will lead to better health care for all Americans.

Transforming the Care of Serious Illness

Palliative Care

Diana J. Mason

David C. Colby

The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, andOpportunities is designed to be a resource for those who areinterested in or touched by nursing. This book is designed in partto complement the report by the Institute of Medicine on the futureof nursing. Readers—whether researchers or practitioners,foundation or government officials, students, or simply lay peopleinterested in nursing—should use this volume to gain a betterunderstanding of the nursing profession and the issues with whichthose in the field and related fields are grappling. Major topicsinclude: The history of nursing The nursing profession Current issues and challenges, including the nursing shortage,educating and training nurses, utilizing advanced practice nursesto their fullest, quality and cost, long-term care, community-basedcare, gender and power, and new areas for nursing A vision for the future The book begins with a comprehensive review of the nursing fieldby Diana Mason, the Rudin Professor of Nursing at theHunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York, andformer Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing.Mason’s chapter is followed by reprints of twenty-five of themost influential or significant articles on nursing—some ofthem classic pieces dating back to Florence Nightingale, otherspresenting more current thinking on critical issues. This kind ofsource material is rarely found in one place.

Development, Challenges, and Opportunities

The Nursing Profession

James R. Knickman

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the tenth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

To Improve Health and Health Care Volume X

This comprehensive resource illuminates the past, present, andfuture of generalist medicine. Generalist Medicine and U.S.Health Policy contains new contributions from preeminentauthorities and a selection of groundbreaking articles and reportsfrom the past forty years. Generalist Medicine and U.S. HealthPolicy covers a broad range of topics that · Examines the current challenges of primary care andgeneralist medicine · Offers a chronological history of the growth ofgeneralist medicine since the 1950s · Reviews the models of care on which generalistmedicine is based · Analyzes the growth of threedisciplines¾general internists, family physicians, andpediatricians · Looks at the supply and distribution of generalistphysicians · Discusses the education and training of generalistphysicians · Reports on the cost and quality of the careprovided by generalist versus specialists

Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System

RESEARCH FOR OUR CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the eighth volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years. The cases discussed in To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology provide a critical analysis of the Foundation's activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the country's leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters on Tobacco Control The SmokeLess States Program Youth Drinking Nursing Public Health: The Turning Point Initiative Violence Prevention The Early Years of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Grantmaking

Stephen L. Isaacs

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