Culture, Ethics, and Advance Care Planning

Alissa Hurwitz Swota (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

154 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-3565-5 (ISBN)

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Set against a backdrop of cultural diversity, the current emphasis on advance care planning, both in the United States and abroad, necessitates a sourcebook on how to navigate such complex terrain. This book will serve as a guide to best practice for advance care planning in a multicultural society. Such a guide will help those trying to engage in the often delicate discussions that take place during advance care planning to do so in a culturally sensitive manner. In addition, the book will provide general guidance in discussing difficult issues in a multicultural clinical setting. Given how entrenched advance care planning is in the medical context, to not attempt to engage in the process in a culturally sensitive way smacks of a dangerous indifference and sets the stage for conflict where calm could exist. In the fast-paced world of clinical medicine, recognizing and acknowledging differences in worldviews is often overlooked. When dealing with the delicate issues broached in advance care planning, such oversights can lead to deep rifts within the health care provider-patient relationship. This damage can be irreparable. By providing guidance to those engaged in such endeavors and setting advance care planning in a global context, health care practitioners will be better able to care for their patients and achieve the noble goal of advance care planning_giving volume to the voice of the patient in the last chapter of her life.

Alissa Hurwitz Swota is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of North Florida and senior fellow in bioethics at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeast Florida Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Advance Care Planning: A Focus on Process Chapter 3 Chapter 2. A Plurality of Cultures Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Communication Across Cultures Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Truth-Telling and Disclosure Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Realizing the Goal of Cultural Sensitivity in the Clinical Setting—Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Reihe/Serie	Practicing Bioethics
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 238 mm
Gewicht	352 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-7391-3565-1 / 0739135651
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-3565-5 / 9780739135655
Zustand	Neuware