Ethical Issues in Palliative Care,9781857758252

Ethical Issues in Palliative Care

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781857758252
ISBN10: 1857758250
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2005-07-06
Publisher(s): CRC Press
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Summary

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK. Presents knowledge on palliative care ethical issues for all condition non-curable. Areas addressed include curing and caring, advocacy and palliative care, informed consent, euthanasia, and teaching ethics in the practice setting. For practitioners and students. British oriented. Previous edition: c2000. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword iv
Preface vi
List of contributors
viii
Why is the study of ethics important?
1(8)
Patricia Webb
Critical decision making: moving from theory to practice
9(16)
Roger Worthington
Curing and caring
25(22)
David Jeffrey
Giving it straight: the limits of honesty and deception
47(16)
Heather Draper
Advocacy and palliative care
63(20)
Robert Stanley
How informed can consent be?
83(14)
Calliope Farsides
Euthanasia: slippery slope or mercy killing?
97(24)
Marney Prouse
Teaching ethics in the practice setting
121(8)
Rachel Burman
Index 129

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