This summary and the recommendations presented in this report are based on the work of the experts listed below. The background papers they wrote comprise Part 2 of the full report, which is available from the National Academy Press. ¹ (Chapter titles are listed on pages 4-5 of this report.)

Lisa Chertkov, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Charles S. Cleeland, Ph.D., University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

David R. Freyer, D.O., DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Sarah Friebert, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, St. Vincent's Mercy Children's Hospital, Hospice of the Western Reserve

Joanne M. Hilden, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Bruce P. Himelstein, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Javier R. Kane, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, Christus Santa Rosa Hospice

Aaron S. Kesselheim, University of Pennsylvania

Joanne Lynn, M.D., RAND Center to Improve Care of the Dying

Ann O'Mara, R.N., Ph.D., Bethesda, MD

Richard Payne, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., Brown University School of Medicine and Department of Community Health