Palliative Care Ethics : A Companion for All Specialties

ISBN-13: 9780192630681 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str.

Fiona Randall; Robin Downie; R. S. Downie

Opis

Palliative care is a rapidly growing area within health care and one i n which there are many ethical dilemmas. Chronically and terminally il l patients increasingly wish to take control of their own lives and de aths, resources are scarce and technology has created controversial li fe-prolonging treatment. This book has been written by a clinician and a teacher and writer of health care ethics to provide all those who c are for the terminally ill - doctors, nurses, social workers, physioth erapists, clergy and other carers - with the concepts and principles t o assist them in difficult decisions. A central theme, that technical expertise must be controlled by humane, non-technical judgements, runs through the challenging and thoughtful text. Palliative Care Ethics, in this second edition, is now more user- friendly and includes genuin e case histories to illustrate ethical issues in the real world.

Recenzje

' Overall, this book is a practical, easy-to-read introduction to the field of bioethics and will provide a good resource for any health care provider in the field of palliative care- whatever the speciality.'