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Author Mangalik, Aroop, 1935- author.

Title Dealing with doctors, denial, and death : a guide to living well with serious illness / Aroop Mangalik.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.044 MANGALIK    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  610.696 MANGALIK    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  616 MANGALIK, AROOP    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.044 MANGALIK    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.044 MAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.044 MAN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  616.044 MAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  616 MANGALIK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.044 M31    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.044 MANGALIK    Check Shelf

Description xiv, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-252) and index.
Contents Dealing with the inevitability of death -- Communication, hope and honesty -- Religion, healing and death -- Patient autonomy and medical expertise: how to find a balance -- Planning for your life, illness and death -- Do no harm -- Statistics: they help and they fool -- Why doctors over-treat: training and mindset -- Why doctors over-treat: pressure from society and the medical establishment -- Why doctors over-treat: flaws in the way they deal with patients -- When doctors say 'no' -- Consequences of demanding unrealistic treatments -- How to reduce over-treatment and proceed toward comfort.
Summary This guide for patients facing serious illnesses for which the path to wellness is unclear explains some of the influences that may prompt physicians to recommend futile treatments and describes specific ways of obtaining information to get a clear idea of all available options. --Publisher
Subject Chronically ill -- Care.
Chronically ill -- Family relationships.
Chronically ill -- Treatment.
Physician and patient.
Medical ethics.
Chronically ill -- Care. (OCoLC)fst00860147
Chronically ill -- Family relationships. (OCoLC)fst00860155
Chronically ill -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst00860174
Medical ethics. (OCoLC)fst01014081
Physician and patient. (OCoLC)fst01062819
ISBN 9781442272804 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442272805 (cloth : alk. paper)
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