Medical Ethics and the Elderly: Practical Guide: Practical Guide

ISBN-13: 9789057024030 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 132 str.

Rai, Gurcharan S.

Opis

This introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients.

Spis treści

Principles of medical ethics; determining mental capacity and competence; informed consent; advance directives; decisions on life-sustaining therapy - nutrition and fluid; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; achieving "a good death"; the use of physical restraints; ethical issues in dementia; ethical issues in stroke management; quality of life in health care decisions; ethical issues and expenditure on health and social care.

O autorze

Gurcharan S Rai, Consultant Physician