Challenges to the global issue of end of life care : training and implementing change

Challenges to the global issue of end of life care : training and implementing change / Pierre Mallia, Nathan Emmerich, Bert Gordijn, Francesca Pistoia, editors.

This book addresses the problems faced by people and hospitals dedicated to providing optimal end-of-life care and asks whether ethicists can function as experts on this subject. Though ethics consultation is a growing practice in medical contexts, difficult questions surrounding the role of ethicis...

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Other Authors: Mallia, Pierre (Editor), Emmerich, Nathan (Editor), Gordijn, Bert, 1965- (Editor), Pistoia, Francesca (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:Advancing global bioethics ; v. 17.
Subjects:
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Palliative treatment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Palliative treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Ethical and social issues. Introduction: Harmonising end of life care : a global public health issue
  • The Liverpool care pathway : lessons in care of the dying
  • Spirituality, religion, and psychology
  • Global systems : palliative care and hospices at the end of life
  • What makes a good death? Acknowledging the global cultural and social issues
  • Part II. Professional issues. Medical decision-making at the end of life
  • General practice and care at the end of life : how family practice changes according to country
  • Team approaches : how they can be made to work
  • Communication and conflict resolution : managing conversations. A culturally sensitive model
  • Part III. Medico-legal proposals. Advance care planning
  • Importance of training
  • Palliative sedation : is it a real dilemma?
  • Part IV. Implementing-change pathways. Engaging patient groups in end-of-life
  • Developing pathways towards improving end of life care and advanced planning
  • Conclusions: Pierre Mallia, Nathan Emmerich, Bert Gordijn, and Francesca Pistoia.

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