Defining High Quality Health Care at the End of Life: Obesity in Hospice
NCRC, Building 10, G065
Brief abstract:
Little is known about the challenges of providing high quality health care at the end of life for patients with obesity. We conducted 22 semi-structured telephone interviews with hospice medical directors from each major geographic region of the US to understand physicians’ clinical and administrative perspectives regarding the effects of obesity on quality of hospice care for patients, caregivers, nurses, and other members of the hospice team.
Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
NCRC, Building 10, G065
Defining High Quality Health Care at the End of Life: Obesity in Hospice
CBSSM Seminar w/Chithra Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CBSSM
May 23, 2018
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
NCRC, Building 10, G065
Sponsored by: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
Contact Information: Kerry Ryan kryanz@umich.edu
Brief abstract: Little is known about the challenges of providing high quality health care at the end of life for patients with obesity. We conducted 22 semi-structured telephone interviews with hospice medical directors from each major geographic region of the US to understand physicians’ clinical and administrative perspectives regarding the effects of obesity on quality of hospice care for patients, caregivers, nurses, and other members of the hospice team.