Description
Patient-centred Ethics and Communication at the End of Life is unique in linking the ethical debate to the clinical problems of communication with patients relatives and colleagues. It adopts a patient-centred approach with ethical analysis linked to practical advice on how to broach difficult discussions handle uncertainty and facilitate patient choice. Students of medicine and nursing both undergraduate and postgraduate will find this book invaluable as will general practitioners and members of primary and palliative care teams. Others involved in caring for dying patients such as therapists counsellors family friends and members of support networks will also find this book very helpful.
