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" . . . compelling. . . . This book might have been called 'No Easy
Answers.' Each of the contributors writes with undisguised urgency.
. . . [W]e should face up to these issues now. By No Extraordinary
Means will serve as an impetus and guide." -New York Times Book
Review "This fine new book . . . thoughtfully written . . . well
edited and cohesively integrated . . . will be valuable for
physicians, nurses, nutritionists, attorneys, members of the
clergy, policy makers, and members of the general public." -New
England Journal of Medicine
Improving care for the patients who are in the last phase of their
lives has been a field that most health care providers have
struggled with during last few years. Having worked with hundreds
of providers throughout the country, these experienced authors know
what providers need when it comes to implementing a quality
improvement project. This guide will provide user-friendly,
step-by-step instructions on how to implement a quality improvement
project in the full range of care settings. The instructions will
be brought to life with specific examples from actual successful
projects and key information on the best practices in the industry.
Readers will also be pointed to resources available online and
elsewhere, with information on how to access them. The guide will
be written in an informal, maximally helpful style, with
checklists, tables, and boxed information. Answering 80% of the
questions in less than half the space, The Common Sense Guide is
the perfect portable companion to Dr. Lynn's desk reference,
Improving Care for the End of Life. The book will be of great
interest to all health care professionals involved in the care of
those with serious chronic illness -- doctors, nurses, social
workers, chaplains, clinic administrators, quality improvement
experts, and so forth.
Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous
weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived
through it or died. In this important, convincing, and long-overdue
call for health care reform, Joanne Lynn demonstrates that our
current health system, like our concepts of health and disease,
developed at a time when life was mostly short, serious illnesses
and disabilities were common at every age, and dying was quick.
Today, most Americans live a long life, with the disabilities and
discomforts of progressive chronic illness appearing only during
the final chapters of their life stories. Sick to Death and Not
Going to Take It Anymore! maintains that health care and community
services are not set up to meet the needs of the large number of
people who face a prolonged period of progressive illness and
disability before death. Lynn offers what she calls an "owner's
manual for the health care system," which lays out facts, concepts,
strategies, and action plans for genuine reform and gives the
reader new ways to interpret information creatively, imagine
innovative possibilities, and take steps to implement them.
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