Building the Workforce We Need to Care for People with Serious Illness: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, et al.

The United States faces a significantly aging population as well as a growing share of the population that is living longer with multiple chronic conditions. To provide high-quality care to people of all ages living with serious illness, it is critical that the nation develop an adequately trained and prepared workforce consisting of a range of professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, direct care workers, and chaplains. To explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309677025
• ISBN13: 9780309677028
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 96 Pages