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"'The first edition of Medical Ethics and the Elderly was a landmark publication. This second edition is most welcome. This book is characterised by incisive concise contributions, directed at the central problems of clinical practice. The authors have a range of experience that is impressive and their clinical acumen illuminates their ethical reasoning. This volume will be extremely valuable in increasing reflective practice and increasing the skills of practitioners in tackling difficult ethical issues. In my opinion it should not only be in every hospital library, but it should be a core text of any course in geriatric medicine' Dr J R Playfer, in his Foreword 'No book can make anyone become more ethical, but this volume will help ethical geriatric professionals deal appropriately with situations presenting inconsistent or even conflicting values, as those professionals search for the best, or at least the least worst, alternatives. This volume provides the reader with a valuable initial framework for identifying, dissecting, and addressing major ethical concerns in geriatric practice. Given the significant commonalities in underlying professional and social values, there is much that the UK and US geriatrics communities could teach to and learn from each other. I hope that this fine book will not only assist immensely physicians, medical students, and other health care providers in the UK, but also will facilitate more communication and interaction between the UK and US geriatrics communities regarding the ethical questions and norms that they unavoidably share' Marshall B Knapp, in his Foreword"
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-1-85775-851-1 (9781857758511)
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Principles of medical ethics; Confidentiality; Informed consent; Decision on life-sustaining therapy: nutrition and help; Ethical issues and expenditure on health and social care; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Mental incapacity and best interests; Advance directives; Ethical issues in stroke management; Ethics of driving assessment in dementia: care, competence and communication; Achieving a good death; Ethical issues in dementia; The use of restraints; Quality of life in healthcare decisions
