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Changing the way we die [large type] : compassionate end-of-life care and the hospice movement / Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel ; foreword by Joan Halifax, Ph. D.

by Smith, Fran (Journalist), author.

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.

Hospice care -- United States.

Terminal care -- United States.

9781410468031 (large print : hardcover)

1410468038 (large print : hardcover)

Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning.

411 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Large print edition.

The choice. What do you want to do with the rest of your life? -- Birth of a movement -- Cure versus care -- The patients. Evelyn Landes: House calls -- Alice and Ying Wun: A fragile family peace -- Peter Serrell: Final fast -- Fred Holliday: Inside the Catch-22 of hospice -- The survivors. Up from the abyss -- Turning points -- The providers. The gift of grace -- New course for doctors -- Dying for dollars -- Cultural revolutions -- Not if, but when -- Reflections.

There's a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care -- nearly 44 percent of all deaths -- and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel take a broad, penetrating look at the hospice landscape, through stories of real patients, families, and doctors, as well as the corporate giants that increasingly own the market.

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