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Moments that matter : cases in ethical eldercare : a guide for family members 🔍
Michael Gordon MSc FRCPC iUniverse, Incorporated, Bloomington, Ind, 2010
English [en] · PDF · 11.0MB · 2010 · 📗 Book (unknown) · 🚀/ia · Save
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xiii, 182 pages ; 23 cm
"A guide for family members."
The nature of aging and the health care system -- You and your aging family member: maintaining the fabric of caring and love -- Concepts of medical ethics and how they relate to aging -- Decision-making: the individual and the surrogate decision maker -- Truth-telling as an example of balancing benefits and harms -- Challenges in age-based medical care: it isn't easy to be old and sick -- Balancing acts: when goals conflict -- The many players in ethics and care -- Is quality of life everything? Secular and religious views -- Issues in feeding and drinking -- Levels of care: finding a balance between giving and receiving care -- Challenges posed by the acute hospital system -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): reality and myth -- Long-term care -- End-of-life care decisions -- Palliative care: achieving the goals of comfort and dignity -- Ethical perspectives on health care professionals -- The final journey -- Glossary of commonly used ethical terms
Alternative author
Gordon, Michael, 1941-
Alternative author
Michael Gordon, MD
Alternative publisher
Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse Inc
Alternative edition
United States, United States of America
Alternative edition
New York, 2010
date open sourced
2023-06-28
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