Cancer from cure to care : palliative care dilemmas in general practice
Publication details: Manchester : Hochland and Hochland, 2000ISBN:- 189850783X
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Summary: An ethical explanation of the issues surrounding medical decision making at the transition points between curative, palliative and terminal care in patients with advanced cancer. An explanation is given of the difficulties arising at diagnosis and in giving a prognosis.
Listening to the general practitioner's tale ; The boundaries of palliative care ; Palliative chemotherapy and quality of life ; Difficulties in communicating with patients ; Relief of pain and suffering ; Supporting the relatives and carers ; Practical issues ; Sources of stress for doctors ; Frameworks of decision-making ; Partnerships in palliative care
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Listening to the general practitioner's tale ; The boundaries of palliative care ; Palliative chemotherapy and quality of life ; Difficulties in communicating with patients ; Relief of pain and suffering ; Supporting the relatives and carers ; Practical issues ; Sources of stress for doctors ; Frameworks of decision-making ; Partnerships in palliative care
An ethical explanation of the issues surrounding medical decision making at the transition points between curative, palliative and terminal care in patients with advanced cancer. An explanation is given of the difficulties arising at diagnosis and in giving a prognosis.
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