Ethics in end-of-life decisions in social work practice
By: Ellen L. Csikai, Elizabeth Chaitin.
Contributors: Chaitin, Elizabeth.
Publisher: Lyceum Books
Published: 2006
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 service.; Terminal Care -- ethics.; Bioethical Issues.; Palliative Care -- ethics.; Social Work -- ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235).
Table of contents: value: Medical ethics: the role of philosophy; value: Ethical issues at the end of life; value: Advance care planning; value: Hospice and palliative care; value: The process of end-of-life decision making; value: Ethics of organ donation; value: Ethical analysis and resolution of ethical problems in health care; value: Confidentiality, privacy, truth telling, and medical error.