In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume will be of interest to all who work with terminally ill patients.
In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. Important topics covered in...
Erich H. Loewy Roberta Springer Loewy Erich E. H. Loewy
This volume is the result of a conference sponsored by the Medical Alumni Association of the University of California, Davis and held in Sacramento, California, in January, 2000, The purpose of this conference was to examine the impact ofvarious health care structures on the ability of health care professionals to practice in an ethically acceptable manner. One of the ground assumptions made is that ethical practice in medicine and its related fields is difficult in a setting that pays only lip service to ethical principles. The limits of ethical possibility are created by the system within...
This volume is the result of a conference sponsored by the Medical Alumni Association of the University of California, Davis and held in Sacramento, C...
