1st Edition
Patient-Centred Ethics and Communication at the End of Life
By David Jeffrey
Copyright 2006
144 Pages
by
CRC Press
144 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This book provides the best information available on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world. It describes the methods now used in the six countries leading the process, and contrasts the differences between them. It shows how, except in the UK, frameworks have now been developed to set priorities. Making Choices for Health Care sets forth the key issues that need to... Read more
Contents: Part 1: Ethics, communication and palliative care: what is palliative care? I want to hold your hand. A good death. Why ethics? Why won’t you listen to me? Part 2: Death, dying and dilemmas. ‘What are you going to do next?’.. When cancer comes back. ‘What would you do?’ Informed consent. ‘There is nothing more I can do’ Stopping active treatment. ‘Am I not worth treating?’ Do not attempt resuscitation orders. ‘Water, water everywhere’ Feeding and fluids at the end of life. ‘Help me to die’ Euthanasia. Part 3: Good Practice: Patient’s choice. Communicating in multidisciplinary teams. Education, ethics and communication skills. The ‘good’ doctor.
Biography
David Jeffrey
