Medical Ethics and the Elderly

✍ Scribed by Gurchuran Rai (Author)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2014
Leaves: 223
Edition: 4
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The Fourth Edition of this bestselling, highly regarded book has been fully revised to incorporate changes in law and clinical guidance making a vital impact on patient management, encompassing: . The Equality Act 2010 which provides the right of older people to treatment without discrimination . Case law on withdrawing nutrition and hydration . Up

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword to the fourth edition. Preface to the fourth edition. Preface to the third edition. Preface to the second edition. About the editor. List of contributors. Principles of medical ethics. Confidentiality. Informed consent. Decisions on life-sustaining therapy: nutrition and fluid. Communication. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Mental incapacity and best interests. Testamentary capacity and the role of the physician. Advance decisions/advance decisions to refuse treatment. Ethical issues in stroke management. Ethics of driving assessment in dementia: care, competence and communication. Achieving a good death. Religious beliefs and of patients and end of life decisions. Ethical issues in dementia. The lawful use of restraints. Quality of life in healthcare decisions. Ethical issues and expenditure on health and social care. Index.

✦ Subjects

Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health;Medicine

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