Caring for patients at the end of life : facing an uncertain future together /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Quill, Timothy E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Physician and patient.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Decision making.
Do-not-resuscitate orders.
Quality of life.
Assisted suicide.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Terminal Care > methods
Analgesics, Opioid
Attitude to Death
Decision Making
Double Effect Principle
Ethics
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Euthanasia, Passive
Hospice Care
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Intention
Palliative Care > methods
Physician-Patient Relations
Professional-Family Relations
Quality of Life
Stress, Psychological
Suicide, Assisted
Truth Disclosure
Palliative Care
Resuscitation Orders
Soins en phase terminale.
Soins palliatifs.
Relations médecin-patient.
Analgésiques narcotiques.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Prise de décision.
Aide médicale à mourir.
Interruption de traitement.
Relations soignant-famille.
Qualité de la vie.
Stress.
Aide au suicide.
Consentement éclairé (Droit médical)
Ordres de ne pas réanimer.
decision making.
quality of life.
suicides.
MEDICAL > Terminal Care.
Quality of life
Do-not-resuscitate orders
Decision making
Death > Psychological aspects
Assisted suicide
Palliative treatment
Physician and patient
Terminal care
Sterbebegleitung
Aufsatzsammlung
Netherlands
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Same old seventeen-dollar lamps
  • Humanistic end-of-life care
  • Death and dignity: a case of individualized decision making
  • Partnerships in the care of the dying
  • Nonabandonment: a central obligation of physicians
  • Delivering bad news
  • Discussing palliative care with patients
  • Pallitative care for patients with severe dementia: a consensus-based approach to decision making
  • "Doctor, I want to die! Will you help me?"
  • Hospice and palliative care: clinical, ethical, and policy challenges
  • The rule of double effect: a critique of its role in end-of life decision making
  • Palliative options of last resort: a comparison of practices, justifications, and safeguards
  • End-of-life care in the Netherlands and the United States: a comparison of values, justifications, and practices.

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