Curb Futile Care, Expand Understanding is NHPCO's Challenge to National Association of Attorneys General; Hospice Benefits, Need to Improve EndofLife Care Discussed.

(From AScribe)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- J. Don Schumacher, PsyD, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization addressed the National Association of Attorneys General on Friday, May 17th at NAAG's third and final national listening conference on improving end-of-life care. Hosted by NAAG's president, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, the conference provided a panel of attorneys general, key staff people, and an invited audience of more than 125 people with the opportunity to hear noted authorities address a range of care issues involving policy, patient care, pain management, and best practices.

Schumacher challenged the …