TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shorr, Andrew F
TI  - Economics at the end of life: hospital and ICU perspectives. [Review]
SN  - 1069-3424
PY  - 2012///
KW  - *Hospitalization/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Intensive Care/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Palliative Care/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Terminal Care/ec [Economics]
KW  - Aged
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Dementia/ec [Economics]
KW  - Heart Failure/ec [Economics]
KW  - Hospitalization/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Intensive Care/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Neoplasms/ec [Economics]
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - Prognosis
KW  - Quality of Life
KW  - Terminal Care/es [Ethics]
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Medicine/Pulmonary-Critical Care
KW  - Journal Article
KW  - Review
N2  - Not all feasible care is desirable care. At the end of life, aggressive interventions may not only be futile but also inappropriate because they may impair the quality of the remaining life for both the patient and the caregiver. Although it is challenging to identify patients with a poor prognosis, certain terminal conditions among the elderly, such as end-stage dementia, heart failure, and metastatic cancer, demand a more measured use of aggressive care. Frank discussions with patients and family about their desires in the context of the prognosis, as well as symptom support, can yield both economic savings and better quality of life. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1322399
ER  -