Download or read book Living Well at the End of Life written by Joanne Lynn and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-care deficits and a slowly dwindling course to death, which usually results from frailty or dementia. Effective and reliable care for persons coming to the end of life will require changes in the organization and financing of care to match these trajectories, as well as compassionate and skillful clinicians. (Available from the publisher or libraries holding the journal.).