Palliative care ethics
Subtitle: a companion for all specialties
By: Fiona Randall and R.S. Downie
Contributors: Downie, R. S.
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects; Palliative treatment -- Decision making; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Terminal care -- Decision making
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Ethics and aims in palliative care; title: Ch. 2. The patient-carer relationship; title: Ch. 3. The relative-professional relationship; title: Ch. 4. Teamwork; title: Ch. 5. Process of clinical decision making; title: Ch. 6. Giving information; title: Ch. 7. Confidentiality; title: Ch. 8. Clinical treatment decisions; title: Ch. 9. Other management decisions; title: Ch. 10. Emotional care; title: Ch. 11. Research; title: Ch. 12. Resource allocation; title: Ch. 13. Reply to critics; title: Ch. 14. Quality and value of life