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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99038523
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20190911110720.0
Fixed Data 8 071022s2008 ctu b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2007043726
ISBN 20    $a9780275997106 (alk. paper)
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(DNLM)101319113
Obsolete 39    $a250624$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC$dGCG
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aR726.8$b.F62 2008
NLM Call # 60 10 $aWB 310$bF534i 2008
Dewey Class 82 00 $a179.7$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aFisher, Kenneth A.,$d1941-
Title 245 10 $aIn defiance of death :$bexposing the real costs of end-of-life care /$cKenneth A. Fisher ; with Lindsay E. Rockwell and Missy Scott ; foreword by Benjamin Brown.
Imprint 260    $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger,$cc2008.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axvi, 219 p. ;$c25 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 00 $tDying in America today --$tRoots of the problem: the Patient Self-Determination Act, advance directives, and the Americans with Disabilities Act --$tWhy we need appropriate care committees --$tThe three most typical end-of-life populations --$tHospitals, escalating costs, and end-of-life care --$tNursing homes --$tPalliative care and hospice --$tA big step in the right direction: the VA transforms end-of-life care.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aTerminal care$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPalliative treatment$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aDeath$zUnited States.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aRockwell, Lindsay E.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aScott, Missy,$d1946-