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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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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
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
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