Donor Spotlight

Mary Kay and James D. Farley

"I have been interested in end-of-life issues since my training as a medical social worker in the late 1950s. The medical and moral issues involved in care for the dying are even more complex now. My husband and I decided to fund a largescale analysis, using scientists at RAND and UCLA, to identify the criteria for best end-of-life treatments. It is our hope that patients with terminal illnesses will be treated effectively, efficiently, and empathetically by teams of well-trained practitioners."

— Mary Kay Farley is a member of the RAND Health Board of Advisors and an honorary member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. She has been a director of hospital foundations in Florida, New York, Michigan, and California. Her husband, James D. Farley, is chairman emeritus of the John A. Hartford Foundation, which funds grants in the science and practice of geriatric medicine.

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