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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
