عنوان

Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life :

3319709208

9783319709208

3319709194

9783319709192

b624095

Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life :

[Book]

Real Cases, Real Dilemmas /

by Lori A. Roscoe, David P. Schenck.

1 online resource (XXII, 199 pages)

Preface -- Recommended References for Beginners -- Section I -- Beginnings/Endings: Complex Issues with Pregnancy, Newborns, and Young Children -- Case 1 Does the Nearness of Death Diminish the Value of a Life-- Case 2 When Cultures Collide and a Newborn Almost Dies -- Case 3 When the Family Wont Decide -- Case 4 Aggressive Treatment for a Childs Inoperable Tumor -- Case 5 Is There Life After DeathA Case of Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval -- Section II -- Decision-making: Families in the Mix -- Case 6 What is the Standard of Care for a Corpse-- Case 7 When the Palliative Care Team Got Fired -- Case 8 A Young Womans Wish to Die -- Case 9 When Parents Contest an Adult Childs Advance Directive -- Case 10 Please Stop Torturing Me Unless my Wife is in the Room! -- Case 11 Who Should Make Treatment Decisions for a Battered Spouse-- Section III -- Autonomy and other Ideals: Balancing Benefits and Burdens -- Case 12 Something More Important than Life -- Case 13 Are There Limits on Futile Care for Patients in the U.S. Illegally-- Case 14 To Treat ... or Not to Treat? -- Case 15 A Patients Right to Treatment (and a Physicians Right to Refuse) -- Case 16 A Depressed Caregiver Neglects His Own Health -- Conclusion.

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This casebook provides a set of cases that reveal the current complexity of medical decision-making, ethical reasoning, and communication at the end of life for hospitalized patients and those who care for and about them. End-of-life issues are a controversial part of medical practice and of everyday life. Working through these cases illuminates both the practical and philosophical challenges presented by the moral problems that surface in contemporary end-of-life care. Each case involved real people, with varying goals and constraints, who tried to make the best decisions possible under demanding conditions. Though there were no easy solutions, nor ones that satisfied all stakeholders, there are important lessons to be learned about the ways end-of-life care can continue to improve. This advanced casebook is a must-read for medical and nursing students, students in the allied health professions, health communication scholars, bioethicists, those studying hospital and public administration, as well as for practicing physicians and educators.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix. 9783319709208

9783319709192

Bioethics.

Medical ethics, Case studies.

Medical ethics.

Social medicine.

Terminal care-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Terminal Care-- ethics.

Bioethics.

Bio-ethics.

Education-- General.

Medical education.

Medical-- General.

Medicine.

Medicine: general issues.

Philosophy-- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Teaching of a specific subject.

PHI005000

PSAD

PSAD

Roscoe, Lori A.

Schenck, David P.

20201221083233.0

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[Book]

270410

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