| Description |
ix, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From rites to rights of passage : ideals, politics, and the evolution of the American hospice movement / Joy Buck -- Hospice care as a moral practice : exploring the philosophy and ethics of hospice care / Timothy W. Kirk -- The pharmacist as an integral member of the hospice interdisciplinary team / R. Timothy Tobin -- The continuingly evolving role of the hospice medical director / Joan Harrold -- The interdisciplinary team integrating moral reflection and deliberation / Terry Altilio and Nessa Coyle -- Ethical issues in the care of infants, children, and adolescents / Marcia Levetown and Stacy Orloff -- The patient-family dyad as an interdependent unit of hospice care : toward an ethical justification / Patrick T. Smith -- Inpatient hospice care : organizational and ethical considerations / Tara Friedman -- Ethical issues associated with hospice in nursing homes and assisted living communities / Jean C. Munn and Sheryl Zimmerman -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hospice : ethically justified or an oxymoron? / Muriel R. Gillick -- Moral meanings of physician-assisted death for hospice ethics / Courtney S. Campbell -- Ethics committees for hospice : moving beyond the acute care model / Jennifer Ballentine and Pamela Dalinis -- Design for dying : new directions for hospice and end-of-life care / Bruce Jennings. |
| Subject |
Hospice care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Hospice Care -- ethics.
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Terminal Care -- ethics.
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| Added Author |
Kirk, Timothy W., editor.
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Jennings, Bruce, 1949- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199943838 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0199943834 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780199944941 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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0199944946 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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