The oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life
Younger, Stuart J. (ed)
The oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life - OXFORD : Oxford University Press, 2016
Introduction; Clinical and legal issues; Theoretical, cultural and psychosocial issues; Physician - assisted death; The emergence of palliative care and hospice
The book comprises six sections. Section I examines how the law has helped shape clinical practice, emphasizing the roles of rights and patient autonomy. Section II focuses on specific clinical issues, including death and dying in children, continuous sedation as a way to relieve suffering at the end of life, and the problem of prognostication in patients who are thought to be dying. Section III considers psychosocial and cultural issues. Section IV discusses death and dying among various vulnerable populations such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. Section V deals with physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia (lethal injection). Finally, Section VI looks at hospice and palliative care as a way to address the psychosocial and ethical problems of death and dying.
0199974411 9780199974412
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
The oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life - OXFORD : Oxford University Press, 2016
Introduction; Clinical and legal issues; Theoretical, cultural and psychosocial issues; Physician - assisted death; The emergence of palliative care and hospice
The book comprises six sections. Section I examines how the law has helped shape clinical practice, emphasizing the roles of rights and patient autonomy. Section II focuses on specific clinical issues, including death and dying in children, continuous sedation as a way to relieve suffering at the end of life, and the problem of prognostication in patients who are thought to be dying. Section III considers psychosocial and cultural issues. Section IV discusses death and dying among various vulnerable populations such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. Section V deals with physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia (lethal injection). Finally, Section VI looks at hospice and palliative care as a way to address the psychosocial and ethical problems of death and dying.
0199974411 9780199974412
Ethics
Ethics, Medical