The Journey's End - Michael D Connelly

The Journey's End

An Investigation of Death and Dying In Modern America
Buch | Hardcover
268 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7548-4 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Our healthcare system is broken—particularly for the elderly and terminally ill. Modern healthcare is obsessed with trying to extend life instead of caring holistically for the patient. The fear of death compounds these problems. The Journey’s End offers unique perspectives and solutions to these issues.
In the tradition of Atul Gwande’s Being Mortal, this compassionate work helps individuals develop a more accepting view of dying while teaching them what to expect and how to navigate the healthcare system at end of life.

The health care system has a narrow view of how to care for patients in elderhood. That view focuses on extending life with machines and procedures, not caring holistically for the patient. As such, patients will likely spend the last years of their lives in long-term care facilities and their final weeks in an ICU. Our fear of death contributes to this model for health. Dying at home, peacefully, and surrounded by family is almost impossible in our world.

Fittingly, the central idea of this book is that in old age, or when facing a terminal diagnosis, it is more important to understand your life rather than to extend it. While this may seem simple, its implications are profound.

A natural death means accepting that, at some point, we are old enough or sick enough to die without trying to interrupt that natural process beyond being kept comfortable. In our cynical and overly clinical age, it is difficult to reflect on the meaning of one’s life, but that kind of honest introspection is exactly what we need. Accordingly, The Journey’s End seeks to help people manage their healthcare, their expectations, and their decisions in the final phase of life.

Michael D. Connelly served as the CEO of Mercy Health, one of the nation's largest health systems, from 1994 to 2017. Currently, he is the CEO Emeritus of Mercy Health (now Bon Secours Mercy Health System). He has global experience with health systems in Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Spain. He has also visited health facilities and orphanages around the world, including in Port a Prince, Haiti; Mathare Slums in Nairobi, Kenya; Kingston, Jamaica; Georgetown, Guyana, and Panguma, Sierra Leone. He has extensive governance experience and has chaired the following boards: Catholic Charities USA, the Urban League of SWO, the National Catholic Health Association, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) in NYC, and Premier, Inc. He also chaired the United Way for Greater Cincinnati (the 6th largest in the US) in 2013. He has published 17 articles in various healthcare journals, and currently lives on Johns Island, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments:

Forward By Professor David B. Nash, MD, MBA

Introduction:

Chapter 1: Preparing for the Last Phase of Life

Chapter 2: Agony: the Default Option

Chapter 3: The Fiction of Living Forever

Chapter 4: The Art and Science of Medicine

Chapter 5: The Economics and Ethics of Dying

Chapter 6: The Physicians’ Burden

Chapter 7: Patient Autonomy - A Double-Edged Sword

Chapter 8: Who’s Afraid of the Big GR?

Chapter 9: Disappearing

Chapter 10: Options for End-of-Life Care

Chapter 11: Preparing the Paperwork for Elderhood

Chapter 12: Understanding the FFS Payment System

Chapter 13: Fixing Primary Care Physicians Payments

Chapter 14: Making Comfort Care More Accessible

Chapter 15: Funding Options for End-of-Life Care

Chapter 16: Reinstituting the Role of Care Coordination

And Creating A Home for End-of-Life Conversations

Chapter 17: Accepting Life’s Limits

Chapter 18: The Importance of Trade-Offs.

Chapter 19: Concluding Observations

Appendix: Summary Recommendations

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 217 mm
Gewicht 449 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Trennung / Trauer
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-5381-7548-7 / 1538175487
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-7548-4 / 9781538175484
Zustand Neuware
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