Recommended Literature
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Recommended Literature
American Medical Association. Public Opinion on Health Care Issues: 1997. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; August, 1997.
Brody H. Stories of Sickness. New York, NY: Yale University Press, 1987.
Byock I. The nature of suffering and the nature of opportunity and the end of life. Clin Geriatr Med. 1996;12:237-252.
Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care. Technical Report Series 804. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1990.
Cassel EJ. The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine. N Engl J Med. 1982;306:639-645.
Christakis NA, Escarce JJ. Survival of Medicare patients after enrollment in hospice programs. N Engl J Med. 1996; 335:172-178.
Covinsky KE, Goldman L, Cook EF, et al. The impact of serious illness on patients’ families. JAMA. 1994; 272:1839-1844.
Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL. The promise of a good death. Lancet. 1998;351(suppl 2):SII21-SII29.
EPEC Project Web Site. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org
Ferris FD, Cummings I, eds. Palliative Care: Towards a Consensus in Standardized Principles of Practice. Ottawa, Ontario: The Canadian Palliative Care Association; 1995.
Field MJ, Cassel CK, eds. Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1997:31-32.
Foley KM. Competent care for the dying instead of physician-assisted suicide. N Engl J Med. 1997; 336(1):54-8.
The Gallup Organization. Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Hospice Care. Survey conducted for the National Hospice Organization. Princeton, NJ: The Gallup Organization; September 1996.
Institute of Medicine. Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1997.
National Hospice Helpline: 1-800-658-8898
Portenoy RK, Thaler HT, Kornblith AB, et al. Symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress in a cancer population. Qual Life Res. 1994; 3:183-189.
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