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Medical ethics and the elderly / edited by Gurcharan S. Rai ; law sections edited by Gurdeep S. Rai ; cartoons by Iva Blackman.
Holman Biotech Commons R725.5 M463 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical ethics.
- Older people--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Older people.
- Aged.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Geriatrics.
- Right to Die.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aged.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Geriatrics.
- Right to Die.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; San Francisco : Radcliffe Medical Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Principles of medical ethics / Kamilla K Porter, Gurcharan S Rai 1
- Chapter 2 Confidentiality / Catherine McAdam, Gurcharan S Rai 9
- Chapter 3 Informed consent / Martin J Vernon 19
- Chapter 4 Decisions on life-sustaining therapy: nutrition and fluid / Martin J Vernon, Olivier Gaillemin 33
- Chapter 5 Ethical issues and expenditure on health and social care / Steven Luttrell 51
- Chapter 6 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation / Rachel Powis, Kevin Stewart, Gurcharan S Rai 61
- Chapter 7 Mental incapacity and best interests / Steven Luttrell 71
- Chapter 8 Advance directives / Donald Portsmouth 81
- Chapter 9 Ethical issues in stroke management / David Sulch, Lalit Kalra 91
- Chapter 10 Ethics of driving assessment in dementia: care, competence and communication / David Robinson, Desmond O'Neill 103
- Chapter 11 Achieving a good death / Nick Coni, Catherine McAdam 113
- Chapter 12 Ethical issues in dementia / Gurcharan S Rai, Iva Blackman 125
- Chapter 13 The use of restraints / Nick Coni, Gurcharan S Rai 139
- Chapter 14 Quality of life in healthcare decisions / Ann Bowling 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 185775851X
- OCLC:
- 55521186
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