A book for nurses, doctors, and all who provide end-of-life care, this volume guides readers
through the ethical complexities of such care, including policy initiatives, and encourages …

Following publication of the first edition in 1993, the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine
rapidly established itself as the definitive textbook on the subject. Each edition has received …

As palliative care develops across many of the countries of Europe, we find that it continues
to raise important ethical challenges. Palliative care practice requires ethical sensitivity and …

The idea of a philosophy of palliative care emerged with Cicely Saunders' vision for'a good
death', and was developed further with the WHO definition of palliative care. It is now being …

This volume explains how to develop a set of patient and physician goals for improving
quality of life, resolving end of life issues, and treating dying patients. The author, Dr. Joseph …

The care of seriously ill and dying patients necessitates a philosophic and ethical basis,
without which unacceptable patterns of practice may develop. Several problems are …

PALLIATIVE CARE—the comprehensive, coordinated, and concentrated relief of both pain
and suffering in terminally ill or incurably ill patients—has always been a moral responsibility …

This paper draws upon Australian fieldwork to trace the changing notions of a good death
held by hospice and palliative care practitioners. Palliative care practitioners search for an …

Good medical practice requires evidence of effectiveness to address deficits in care, strive
for further improvements, and justly apportion finite resources. Nevertheless, the potential of …

This article addresses two basic questions about ethics committees: why we have them, and
how they might be helpful to clinicians. Our answer to the first question is twofold. First, we …