Ethical Issues in Cancer Patient Care /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2000.
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| Series: | Cancer treatment and research ;
140. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A Letter to My Caregivers
- Physicians and Cancer Patients: Communication and Advance Directive
- Information is not Enough: The Place of Statistics in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
- Cross-Cultural Issues in Caring for Patients with Cancer
- Hope and Communication in Cancer Care: What Patients Tell Us
- Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Patients
- Pediatric Cancer Care: Special Issues in Ethical Decision Making
- The Ethics of Responding to Pain and Suffering
- Are there Limits to Oncology Care? (Futility)
- Role of Palliative Medicine in Cancer Patient Care
- Holding On and Letting Go-Ethical Issues Regarding the Care of Children with Cancer
- Communicating Errors Inside and Outside of the OR
- Research Ethics and the Ethics of Research: Should We Offer Clinical Trial Participation or Clinical Research Partnership to Oncology Patients in the New Millenium?
- Does Reimbursement Affect Physicians' Decision Making? Examples from the use of Recombinant Erythropoietin
- Index.