Title:	Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life
Authors:	Lori A. Roscoe David P. Schenck
Keywords:	Real Cases, Real Dilemmas
Issue Date:	10-Jan-2017
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	This book is a collection of real-life cases exploring the complex range of issues inherent in contemporary end-of-life medical care. It is intended for physicians, medical students, residents, ethics committee members, social workers, chaplains, nurses, bioethicists, researchers, and scholars who confront ethical issues with patients and families at the end of life, and who are committed to an understanding of the ways in which things can go wrong in efforts to improve our American way of dying. Most Americans die in institutional settings, primarily hospitals, which involve a challenging set of circumstances to be considered in helping patients die well. Media saturation, concerns for privacy, institutional norms, cultural diversity, politics, technology, and advances in medical care all complicate the decision-making, communication, and ethical analysis that are part of the dying process. More individual concerns, including family dynamics, patient preferences, spirituality, and insufficient advance care planning, also confound solutions that satisfy all stakeholders.
URI:	http://196.189.45.87:8080/handle/123456789/88562
ISBN:	978-3-319-70920-8
Appears in Collections:	Handbooks

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