03291nam 2200637Ia 450 991046582090332120200520144314.01-280-83481-197866108348150-19-974891-8(CKB)2560000000296817(EBL)3053692(OCoLC)922969853(SSID)ssj0000290978(PQKBManifestationID)11232775(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290978(PQKBWorkID)10247897(PQKB)10334246(StDuBDS)EDZ0000048297(MiAaPQ)EBC3053692(Au-PeEL)EBL3053692(CaPaEBR)ebr10375273(CaONFJC)MIL83481(EXLCZ)99256000000029681720000807d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCaring for patients at the end of life[electronic resource] facing an uncertain future together /Timothy E. QuillOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513940-2 0-19-999985-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Challenges and Potential of End-of-Life Care; Part 1. Underlying Values and Assumptions; 1. Same Old Seventeen-Dollar Lamps; 2. Humanistic End-of-Life Care; 3. Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making; 4. Partnerships in the Care of the Dying; 5. Nonabandonment: A Central Obligation of Physicians; Part 2. The Medical Interview: A Critical Clinical Tool; 6. Delivering Bad News; 7. Discussing Palliative Care with Patients; 8. Palliative Care for Patients with Severe Dementia: A Consensus-Based Approach to Decision Making9. ""Doctor, I Want to Die! Will You Help Me?""Part 3. Difficult Clinical and Ethical Issues; 10. Hospice and Palliative Care: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Challenges; 11. The Rule of Double Effect: A Critique of Its Role in End-of-Life Decision Making; 12. Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Practices, Justifications, and Safeguards; 13. End-of-Life Care in the Netherlands and the United States: A Comparison of Values, Justifications, and Practices; Epilogue: All About My Brother; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WIn this work the author uses his clinical experience caring for severely ill patients and their families to illustrate the challenges and potential of end-of-life care. Topics covered include near death experiences, communication issues, ethical and policy changes, and terminal sedation.Terminal carePalliative treatmentPhysician and patientElectronic books.Terminal care.Palliative treatment.Physician and patient.362.1/75Quill Timothy E937495MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465820903321Caring for patients at the end of life2111662UNINA