Caring for patients at the end of life : facing an uncertain future together / Timothy E. Quill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quill, Timothy E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminal care.

Palliative treatment.

Physician and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Challenges and Potential of End-of-Life Care; Part 1. Underlying Values and Assumptions; 1. Same Old Seventeen-Dollar Lamps; 2. Humanistic End-of-Life Care; 3. Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making; 4. Partnerships in the Care of the Dying; 5. Nonabandonment: A Central Obligation of Physicians; Part 2. The Medical Interview: A Critical Clinical Tool; 6. Delivering Bad News; 7. Discussing Palliative Care with Patients; 8. Palliative Care for Patients with Severe Dementia: A Consensus-Based Approach to Decision Making

9. ""Doctor, I Want to Die! Will You Help Me?""Part 3. Difficult Clinical and Ethical Issues; 10. Hospice and Palliative Care: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Challenges; 11. The Rule of Double Effect: A Critique of Its Role in End-of-Life Decision Making; 12. Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Practices, Justifications, and Safeguards; 13. End-of-Life Care in the Netherlands and the United States: A Comparison of Values, Justifications, and Practices; Epilogue: All About My Brother; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-83481-1

9786610834815

0-19-974891-8

OCLC:

922969853