| Description |
x,310 p ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hospice / Charles F. von Gunten -- Palliative care / Susan D. Block -- Emerging complexities in pediatric palliative care / Renee D. Boss and Nancy Hutton -- Patient-centered ethos in an era of cost control : palliative care and healthcare reform / Emily G. Warner and Diane E. Meier -- Palliative care, ethics, and interprofessional teams /Sally A. Norton, Deborah Waldrop, and Robert Gramling -- Pain relief and palliative care / Nathan Cherny -- Management of dyspnea / Thomas W. LeBlanc, David C. Currow,Jane L. Phillips, and Amy P. Abernethy -- Diagnosis and treatment of delirium / Maxine De la Cruz and Eduardo Bruera -- Psychosocial and psychiatric suffering / Yesne Alici, Kanan Modhwadia, and William S. Breitbart -- Capacity and shared decision making in serious illness / Ronald M. Epstein and Vikki A. Entwistle -- Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments / Robert D.Truog -- Medical futility : content in the context of care / Peggy L. Determeyer and Howard Brody -- Palliative sedation / J. Andrew Billings -- Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking / Emily B. Rubin and James L. Bernat - Physician-assisted death / Timothy E. Quill and Franklin G. Miller -- Lessons from legalized physician-assisted death in Oregon and Washington / Linda Ganzini -- Physician-assisted death in Western Europe : the legal and empirical situation / Heleen Weyers. |
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Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Europe
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Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Europe
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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| Added Author |
Quillfeldt, John
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Miller, G. Tyler (George Tyler), 1931-
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| ISBN |
9780190604448 |
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