Caring for patients at the end of life : facing an uncertain future together / / Timothy E. Quill
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| Autore: |
Quill Timothy E
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| Titolo: |
Caring for patients at the end of life : facing an uncertain future together / / Timothy E. Quill
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/75 |
| Soggetto topico: | Terminal care |
| Palliative treatment | |
| Physician and patient | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Making |
| 9. ""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; W | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Caring for patients at the end of life |
| ISBN: | 1-280-83481-1 |
| 9786610834815 | |
| 0-19-974891-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819641603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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