Medical ethics and the elderly
Subtitle: practical guide
By: edited by G.S. Rai ; illustrations by Iva Blackman.
Contributors: Rai, G. S.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers; Harwood academic publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Older people -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Aged -- Handbooks.; Ethics, Medical -- Handbooks.; Health Services for the Aged.; Geriatrics.; Right to Die -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of medical ethics -- K.K. Porter and G.S. Rai; title: Determining mental capacity and competence -- S. Luttrell; title: Informed consent -- M.J. Vernon; title: Advanced directive -- O.H.D. Portsmouth; title: Decisions on life-sustaining therapy : Nutrition and fluid -- M.J. Vernon; title: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- G.S. Rai; title: Achieving a good death -- N. Coni; title: The use of restraints -- N. Coni; title: Ethical issues in dementia -- G.S. Rai and I. Blackman; title: Ethical issues in stroke management -- D. Sulch and L. Kalra; title: Quality of life in health care decisions -- A. Bowling; title: Ethical issues and expediture on health and social care -- S. Luttrell.