Research Catalog

Title

Palliative care ethics : a good companion / Fiona Randall and R.S. Downie.

Author

Randall, Fiona.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Downie, R. S. (Robert Silcock)

Description

xix, 202 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford medical publications

Uniform Title

Oxford medical publications.

Subjects

• Terminal care > Decision making
• Palliative treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
• Palliative Care
• Palliative treatment > Decision making
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
• Confidentiality
• Ethics, Medical
• Decision Making

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Ethics and aims in palliative care -- 2. The patient-carer relationship -- 3. Teamwork -- 4. Process of clinical decision making -- 5. Giving information -- 6. Confidentiality -- 7. Clinical treatment decisions -- 8. Other management decisions -- 9. Emotional care -- 10. Research -- 11. Resource allocation.

ISBN

• 0192626329 (pbk.)
• 0192626337 (hbk)

LCCN

95020539

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries