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• Title:Palliative care ethics : a companion for all specialties / Fiona Randall and R.S. Downie.
  
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• Author/Creator:Randall, Fiona.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Downie, R. S. (Robert Silcock)
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1999.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W50 .R353 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Palliative treatment--Decision making.
  Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Terminal care--Decision making.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Palliative Care.
  Confidentiality.
  Decision Making.
  Physician-Patient Relations.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xx, 312 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Oxford medical publications.
  
• Summary:"Palliative care has developed outwards from its origin in hospices and is now seen to be an important aspect of every branch of health care: primary care, nursing home, acute wards, oncology wards, and the community." "The success of the first edition has led the authors - a medical consultant in palliative care and a philosopher - to extend the discussion of some issues and to add consideration of more recent ones, such as the problems which arise in dealing with relatives, the recent over-emphasis on the idea of patient autonomy, and the ethical problems of withholding and withdrawing treatment. New cases are added, and a final chapter provides a novel and challenging way of looking at the ideas of the quality and value of life. The authors attempt to alter the image of a cosy and inward-looking philosophy by challenging much received opinion in and about palliative care." "Palliative Care Ethics should interest all those who care for the terminally ill: especially doctors, nurses, social workers, and the clergy. The well-illustrated central theme applies to every area of health care: that technical expertise must be controlled by humane non-technical judgement."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-307) and index.
  
• ISBN:0192630687 (pbk. ; acid-free)
  9780192630681 (pbk. ; acid-free)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Ethics and aims in palliative care
  Ch. 2. The patient-carer relationship
  Ch. 3. The relative-professional relationship
  Ch. 4. Teamwork
  Ch. 5. Process of clinical decision making
  Ch. 6. Giving information
  Ch. 7. Confidentiality
  Ch. 8. Clinical treatment decisions
  Ch. 9. Other management decisions
  Ch. 10. Emotional care
  Ch. 11. Research
  Ch. 12. Resource allocation
  Ch. 13. Reply to critics
  Ch. 14. Quality and value of life.