Ethical Issues in Palliative Care

Pat Webb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2005
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-825-2 (ISBN)

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Palliative care is now not just about the end stage of diseases like cancer and motor-neuron disease, but includes all illnesses that are currently non-curable and life -limiting. Because of these changes in the specialty a whole range of new ethical issues have occurred and will continue to do so. This book brings together the knowledge and experience of a diverse team of professionals. The second edition has been completely revised and updated by the original authors and also contains fresh contributions from new authors. It gives the reader a thorough grounding on ethical issues in palliative care, whilst acting as a springboard for further discussion, research and contemplation. Theoretical discussion leads on to practical components and a section on teaching palliative care.
Ethical Issues in Palliative Care is a vital reference for all medical and healthcare professionals who care for dying patients and especially those who work in palliative care. It is also useful for students, those involved in spiritual or pastoral care, members of ethics committees and policy makers and shapers.

Why is the study of ethics important? Critical decision-making: moving from theory to practice. Curing and caring. Giving it straight: the limits of honesty and deception. Advocacy and palliative care. How informed can consent be? Euthanasia: slippery slope or mercy killing? Teaching ethics in the practice.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.6.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-85775-825-0 / 1857758250
ISBN-13	978-1-85775-825-2 / 9781857758252
Zustand	Neuware