Susan M. Wolf, chair of the Consortium, is lead author of an article in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that gives an overview of four decades of progress -- and outlines what remains to be done -- to improve care at the end of life. Wolf and co-authors Nancy Berlinger and Bruce Jennings also wrote The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life (Oxford University Press, 2013) a revised and expanded edition of The Hastings Center’s groundbreaking 1987 guidelines.
Thursday, February 12, 2015