The oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life (Record no. 42061)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0199974411 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0199974411 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199974412 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Younger, Stuart J. (ed) |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | OXFORD : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction; Clinical and legal issues; Theoretical, cultural and psychosocial issues; Physician - assisted death; The emergence of palliative care and hospice |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ethics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ethics, Medical |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | ETHICS |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Arnold, Robert M. (ed) |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) | David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) | Shelves | 07/07/2021 | WY85 YOU | 0000007129 | 07/07/2021 | 07/07/2021 | Book |