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Being There: The Gift of End-of-Life Case Management. 2023

Michael Demoratz

Michael Demoratz, PhD, LCSW, CCM, is a commissioner with the Commission for Case Manager Certification, the first and largest nationally accredited organization that certifies case managers. He also has 40 years of experience in end-of-life and senior care and is the coauthor of Dying 101: A Candid Conversation on Terminal Illness.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003643	Death	Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.	End Of Life,End-Of-Life,Near-Death Experience,Cardiac Death,Determination of Death,Death, Cardiac
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019090	Case Management	A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)