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Focus on the end of life : scientific and social issues / M. Powell Lawton, volume editor.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	An overview of the end of life / M. Powell Lawton -- Ethics and spirituality / Michael Bevins and Thomas Cole -- Medical decision making toward the end of life / Robert M. Kaplan and Diane L. Schneider -- Quality-of-life trajectories of elders in the end of life / Elizabeth H. Bradley [and others] -- Measuring quality of medical care for dying persons and their families / Joan M. Teno -- Comfort in older adults at the end of life / Ann C. Hurley -- Friendship at the end of life / Brian de Vries and John A. Blando -- Healthy elders' early decisions for end-of-life living and dying / Victor G. Cicirelli -- Hospice and its role in improving end-of-life care / Susan C. Miller [and others] -- End of life in nursing homes / Miriam S. Moss -- Ethnography of the end of life / Robert L. Rubinstein -- Clinical aspects of end-of-life care / Cynthia X. Pan and Diane E. Meier.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.