Ethics and end-of-life decisions in social work practice
By: Ellen L. Csikai, Elizabeth Chaitin.
Contributors: Chaitin, Elizabeth.
Publisher: Lyceum Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Palliative treatment -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Terminal care -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Death -- Social aspects.; Medical ethics.; Social work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Medical ethics: the role of philosophy; title: Issues at the end-of-life; title: Advance care planning; title: Hospice and palliative care; title: The process of end-of-life decision making; title: Organ donation; title: Ethical analysis and resolution of ethical dilemmas in health care; title: Privacy, confidentiality, truth-telling, and medical error.