Aroop Mangalik

Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death

A Guide to Living Well with Serious Illness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781538123386
• ISBN-10: 153812338X
• Artikelnr.: 53170950

Autorenporträt

By Aroop Mangalik

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1: Dealing with the Inevitability of Death 2:
Communication, Hope and Honesty 3: Religion, Healing and Death 4: Patient
Autonomy and Medical Expertise: How to Find a Balance 5: Planning for Your
Life, Illness and Death 6: Do No Harm 7: Statistics: They Help and They
Fool 8: Why Doctors Over-Treat: Training and Mindset 9: Why Doctors
Over-Treat: Pressure from Society and the Medical Establishment 10: Why
Doctors Over-Treat: Flaws in the Way They Deal with Patients 11: When
Doctors Say "No" 12: Why Patients Demand Unrealistic Treatments 13: How to
Reduce Over-Treatment 14: How to Proceed toward Comfort