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Enormous global resources are devoted to the delivery of therapeutic interventions, from diet and lifestyle advice to complex surgeries. In all cases, regardless of the intervention, unless the recipient is involved in the process and understands the...

This book is an informative and practical guide for anyone involved in the care of the seriously and chronically ill or dying. The relationship between spirituality and medicine has recently received much attention in both the scientific and lay press,...

Patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicines often do not take their medicines as intended, sometimes to the detriment of their health and wellbeing. These common problems cause health professionals to worry about how to make sure...

This book is a unique look at patients, families and their carers as they strive together to provide comfort and hope in the face of terminal illness. Narratives weave together the emotions, physical symptoms, spiritual issues and stresses of family life, as well as...

Written by a nursing expert and former Patient Education Chair of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Effective Patient Education: a guide to increased adherence, Fourth Edition gives clinicians the tools they need to become...

In this volume, the author seeks to explain the optimism associated with recovery that patients in a terminal state with small cell bronchial cancer or lung cancer have. For five years, the author used ethnographic research methods to monitor the processes of ...

This special issue on human rights in bioethics contains four thought-provoking articles that raise important issues in the ongoing debate on human rights in bioethics. For example, Baranzke deals with the exact...

In this book, Dr Quill draws on his extensive clinical experience of caring for seriously ill patients and their families to illustrate the challenges and potential of end of life care. Part one draws on the near-death experiences of two patients...

In recent years, there has been growing academic interest in the relationship between bioethics and human rights. Much of this work has proposed that the normative and institutional frameworks of human rights can be usefully employed to address these bioethical...

Ageing populations mean that palliative and end of life care for older people needs to be given greater priority. Indeed, there is an urgent need to improve the experience of older people at the end of life, given that they have been identified as...

Designing humans: A human rights approach, 2018 S. Matthew Liao

The philosophy of palliative care has long been unchallenged by healthcare professionals and philosophers. This unique book discusses the ethical issues involved in caring for the terminally ill. It suggests a new philosophy that can improve clinical care and...

Alzheimer's disease affects more than twelve million people worldwide and the incidence is increasing at a staggering rate. People with the disorder are living longer than people in previous generations and require interventions for quality of life issues related to care...

Death wish statements are becoming a common occurrence with terminally ill patients. Those dealing with these statements need to understand the complexity of such wishes in order to respond competently and compassionately to requests. If they are wrongly ...

One of the achievements of global bioethics is the recognition of respect for cultural diversity and pluralism as a principle in itself. The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights is the first international bioethics document to promote respect for...