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...