Lessons from Oregon in Embracing Complexity in End-of-Life Care

N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 16;376(11):1078-1082. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb1612511.

Authors

Susan W Tolle¹, Joan M Teno¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and the Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (S.W.T.); and the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle (J.M.T.).

PMID: 28296604
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb1612511

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Advance Care Planning*
Critical Care / statistics & numerical data
Critical Care / trends
Fee-for-Service Plans
Hospice Care / statistics & numerical data*
Hospice Care / trends
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitalization / trends
Humans
Medicare
Oregon
Resuscitation Orders*
State Government
Suicide, Assisted / legislation & jurisprudence
Terminal Care / methods
Terminal Care / statistics & numerical data*
United States
Washington