Getting It Right At The End Of Life.

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Dina Keller Moss is the ACTION III Lead at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in Rockville, Maryland. ACTION III research supports the development and testing of interventions designed to improve care delivery and the dissemination and implementation of successful care delivery models in diverse care settings. The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not reflect the views of the Agency for the Healthcare Research and Quality, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government.

Published: July 2017

With the help of a palliative care team, the author's terminally ill mother dies on her own terms.

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