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About Us |
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Founded in 1997, Americans for Better Care of the Dying
(ABCD) is an IRS Section 501(c)(3), Washington, DC based organization
dedicated the ensuring that all Americans can count on good end of
life care.
Our goals are to:
1) build momentum for reform
2) explore new methods and systems for delivering care
3) shape public policy through evidence-based understanding
We aim to accomplish these goals by focusing our efforts on fundamental
reforms; such as, improved pain management, better financial reimbursement
systems, enhanced continuity of care, support for family caregivers,
and changes in public policy.
We strive to help organizations and individuals fix their own community
care systems and assist health care organizations in implementing
rapid-cycle quality improvement methods. We are committed to ensuring
that every person experiences comfort, dignity, and meaning at the
end of life, and that every loved one knows that life came to a close
in a dignified and meaningful way. By sharing expertise, building
collaborative networks and public commitment, ABCD seeks to achieve
substantive health care reform through improved policy, professional
practice, and care reimbursement. |
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ABCD Staff |
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ABCD Board of Directors |
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 Officers
Joanne Lynn, MD
President
Director, RAND Center to Improve Care of the Dying
1200 South Hayes St
Arlington, VA 22202-5050
jlynn@rand.org
Charles Sabatino, Esq.
Vice President
Assistant Director
Committee on Legal Problems of the Elderly
American Bar Association
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
sabatinoc@staff.abanet.org
Michael Werner, Esq.
Treasurer
Director of Federal Government Relations, Bioethics Counsel
Biotechnology Industry Organization
1625 K Street, NW, Ste 1100
Washington, DC 20006
mwerner@bio.org |
Members
LaVera M. Crawley, MD
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
lcrawley@stanford.edu
Karen Davie
President
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
National Hospice Foundation
kdavie@nhpco.org
Daniel Fox, PhD
President
Milbank Memorial Fund
dmfox@milbank.org
Susan Goldwater
Hospice of the Valley
ajessee@hov.org
Lisa Iezzoni, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
liezzoni@caregroup.harvard.edu
Clarion Johnson, MD
General Manager
Global Medical Services
Mobil Business Resources Corporation
Clarion_E_Johnson@email.mobil.com
Lloyd Kitchens, Jr., MD
Medical Director Emeritus
Texas Oncology, PA
Bkitch8730@aol.com
Velvet Miller, PhD
myparents02@earthlink.net
Anna Moretti, RN, JD
Education Coordinator, Montgomery Hospice Society
amoretti@montgomeryhospice.org
Isobel Murray, RN (retired)
rmurray@howard.edu
Jean Oberstar
SH&E
joberstar@sh-e.com
Michael F. Rodgers
Catholic Health Association
mrodgers@chausa.org |
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Contact Us |
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Americans for Better Care of the Dying
4125 Albemarle Street, NW
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20016
202-895-9485 (tel)
202-895-9484 (fax)
info@abcd-caring.org
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