Aroop Mangalik

Gebundenes Buch

Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death

A Guide to Living Well with Serious Illness

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Aroop Mangalik, MD is a retired oncologist and an ethicist. He has been an active clinician for many years and continues to teach ethics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He has worked for many years to reduce unnecessary and unwanted treatments, especially for patients in advanced stages of their diseases. He has several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals pertaining to his work in the laboratory and in clinical trials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781442272804
• ISBN-10: 1442272805
• Artikelnr.: 45009821