End of life the rise of palliative medicine issues and terminology
- Alexandra, VA American Translators Association 2003
- p.161-165viii, 447 p.
- Proceedings of the 44th. Annual Conference. .
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Healthcare during the end of life is the most relevant, most talked about subject in clinical Medicine today. A 'death-defying' combination of the use of the hospital for final care, life-sustaining technological advances and the legal oversight of the medical decision-making process creates an assortment of end of life management problems and issues - be they medical legal, be they related to the patient or the family structure. A staggering 70 percent of Americans die in hospitals today (Ref.8). Hospitals, physicians and nurses, joined Hospice in a combined effort called Palliative Medicine. A new medical specialty been created which is presently increasing the number of physician training positions to meet the demands of a different patient population whose needs must be met once a curative or health enhancing effect can not be obtained. Landmark cases have received worlwide attention. New medical definitions and new judicial pronouncements have concurrently introduced new terminology and required documents that medical translators and interpreters must be conversant with.