Hospice Ethics

Policy and Practice in Palliative Care
Herausgeber: Kirk, Timothy W; Jennings, Bruce

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive collection devoted to analyzing distinctive ethical issues arising in the delivery of hospice care and designed to promote best ethical practices for hospice care professionals and organizations in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780199943838
• ISBN-10: 0199943834
• Artikelnr.: 47871132

Autorenporträt

Timothy W. Kirk, PhD is currently assistant professor of philosophy at the City University of New York-York College where he specializes in philosophy of nursing and healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. In addition to his appointment at CUNY, he serves as ethics consultant to VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the New York University Department of Population Health's Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and in the NYU College of Nursing. Bruce Jennings is Director of Bioethics at the Center for Humans and Nature and teaches ethics at the Yale School of Medicine. He has published widely on ethical issues in end-of-life treatment decision making and palliative care. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and on numerous hospital ethics committees in the New York metropolitan area.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Introduction
* Bruce Jennings and Timothy W. Kirk
* Section I: Hospice: The Emergence of a Philosophy of Care
* 1. "From Rites to Rights of Passage": Ideals, Politics, and the
Evolution of the American Hospice Movement
* Joy Buck
* 2. Hospice Care as a Moral Practice: Exploring the Philosophy and
Ethics of Hospice Care
* Timothy W. Kirk
* Section II: The Interdisciplinary Team: Ethical Opportunities and
Challenges
* 3. The Pharmacist as an Integral Member of the Hospice
Interdisciplinary Team
* R. Timothy Tobin
* 4. The Continuingly Evolving Role of the Hospice Medical Director
* Joan Harrold
* 5. The Interdisciplinary Team - Integrating Moral Reflection and
Deliberation
* Terry Altilio and Nessa Coyle
* Section III: Organizational and Policy Ethics in Hospice
* 6. Ethical Issues in the Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents
* Marcia Levetown and Stacy Orloff
* 7. The 'Patient-Family Dyad' as Interdependent Unit of Hospice Care:
Toward an Ethical Justification
* Patrick T. Smith
* 8. Inpatient Hospice Care: Organizational and Ethical Considerations
* Tara Friedman
* 9. Ethical Issues Associated with Hospice in Nursing Homes and
Assisted Living Communities
* Jean C. Munn and Sheryl Zimmerman
* 10. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Hospice: Ethically Justified or
an Oxymoron?
* Muriel R. Gillick
* 11. Moral Meanings of Physician-Assisted Death for Hospice Ethics
* Courtney S. Campbell
* 12. Ethics Committees for Hospice: Moving Beyond the Acute Care Model
* Jennifer Ballentine and Pamela Dalinis
* Section IV: Ethics and the Future of Hospice
* 13. Design for Dying: New Directions for Hospice and End-of-life Care
* Bruce Jennings