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Identifies clinical, ethical, and public policy challenges in end-of-life care and offers recommenda...
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Identifies clinical, ethical, and public policy challenges in end-of-life care and offers recommendations on how to better address these problems. Part I focuses on building relationships among doctors, patients, and families, cultural differences in attitudes towards palliative care, and what to do when the patient cannot speak for himself. Part II presents practical approaches to common problems, illustrated with clinical cases in management of pain, depression, and delirium. Part III deals with legal, financial, and quality issues. Snyder teaches bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics; Quill teaches in the Program for Biopsychosocial Studies at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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