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 End-of-Life Educational Materials

Finding Your Way booklet (English or Spanish)

13-page booklet that encourages early family discussions as well as for decision-making about end-of-life medical treatment.

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Mrs. Lee's Story booklet (bilingual English/Chinese)

16-page booklet that introduces End-of-Life issues that concern Chinese elders and their families.

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End-of-Life Posters (English or Spanish)

Four colorful posters targeting those who care for loved ones with chronic or life-threatening illness.

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 Reports

Just Coverage Project Report

Just Coverage: Citizens define the limits of "basic" healthcare.
Final report of 2005-06 project that conducted 71 discussion groups with 800 consumers.

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Report on Getting Good Value Project

Getting Good Value - Consumers debate costly treatments: is the gain worth the expense?.
Final report of 2005-06 project that talked with 300 consumers in Northern California.

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Report on CHAT Project

When Options Exceed Resources: Making Trade-Offs in Healthcare Benefits.
Final report of 2002-03 project with 750 employees from more than 40 organizations.

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Report on Visible Fairness Project

Cost-Effectiveness as a Criterion for Medical and Coverage Decisions. (October 2001)
Includes surveys and tools used, as well as the results and specific recommendations for different healthcare groups.

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SHD 10th Year Report

Speaking Up: A decade of bringing the public's voice to healthcare policy and practice.
This report provides a summary of the work SHD has done during the past decade to address two major issues: improving care at the end of life and allocating finite healthcare resources.

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 Newsletters

End-of-Life Care Issues

January 2008

May 2007

September 2006

Society's Use of Resources Issues

April 2008

November 2007

July 2007

November 2006


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