Profile of America
Author | : Louis Bromfield |
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Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1957 |
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Author | : Louis Bromfield |
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Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1957 |
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Author | : Emily Davie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781494105631 |
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Author | : Emily Davie |
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Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Caractéristiques nationales - Américains |
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Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1954 |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : United States |
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Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1959 |
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Author | : Donald Davie |
Publisher | : Studio |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1957-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780670579389 |
Author | : Bandy X. Lee |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781735553740 |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2013-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309264146 |
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Author | : Committee on Care at the End of Life |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 1997-10-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309518253 |
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 suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."