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. 2005 Feb;21(1):255-72, xi.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2004.08.008.

End-of-life care: an agenda for policy improvement

Lisa R Shugarman  1 , Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn
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End-of-life care: an agenda for policy improvement

Lisa R Shugarman et al. Clin Geriatr Med. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

Current arrangements for health care in the United States do not adequately address the needs of a growing population that has serious, eventually fatal chronic illness. New programs and policies are necessary to encourage coordination of care; better match services to the needs of patients; better provide education and incentives; and better support formal and informal caregivers. Models of end-of-life care, such as MediCaring, are described along with a research and policy agenda that focuses on modifying the health care system and building on new innovations.

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