Ethics in Palliative Care: A Complete Guide MacAuley Robert C.
Ethics in Palliative Care: A Complete Guide MacAuley Robert C. No specialty faces more diverse and challenging ethical dilemmas than palliative medicine. How should physicians respond when patients…
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Ethics in Palliative Care: A Complete Guide MacAuley Robert C.
No specialty faces more diverse and challenging ethical dilemmas than palliative medicine. How should physicians respond when patients refuse treatments likely to be beneficial, or demand treatments not likely to be? What is the best way to plan ahead for the end of life?
Do patients have the right to die (and, if so, what exactly does that mean)?In this volume noted palliative care physician and bioethicist Robert C. Who makes medical decisions for patients who are too ill to decide for themselves? Macauley addresses a broad range of issues from historical, legal, clinical, and ethical perspectives.
Clinically nuanced and philosophically rigorous, Ethics in Palliative Care analyzes hot-button subjects like physician assisted dying and euthanasia, as well as often overlooked topics such as pediatric palliative care, organ donation, palliative care research, and moral