A Patient-Centered Approach to Medicine for the Terminally-Ill

Irene S. Switankowsky (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

94 Seiten

2011
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5338-1 (ISBN)

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Given our aging population, there will sadly be an increasing number of terminally-ill patients over the next ten to twenty years. A Patient-Centered Approach to Medicine for the Terminally-Ill explains that a more humane patient-centered approach is necessary to ensure that terminally-ill patients are cared for effectively at the end of life. It is a well-known fact that terminally-ill patients are very difficult to care for by their physicians and other medical specialists, and paternalism is no longer a viable way of caring for the terminally-ill.

In this book, Switankowsky argues that there are five conditions for physicians to bring about patient-centered medicine. These are: effective physician-patient disclosure of treatments, successful decision-making, effective communication, development of effective physician-patient relationships, and advance directives. By following these five necessary conditions, physicians could ensure that all terminally-ill patients die with some degree of dignity and are given essential, humane care until the end of their days.

Irene S. Switankowsky is a review editor for Humane Medicine International. This is her second medical ethics book; her first, A New Paradigm for Informed Consent, was published in 1998.

Part 1 Part I
Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 3 Chapter 2 The Physician-Patient and Patient-Centered Approaches
Chapter 4 Chapter 3 The Physician-Centered Approach
Chapter 5 Chapter 4 The Patient-Centered Approach
Part 6 Part II
Chapter 7 Chapter 5 Effective Physician-Patient Disclosure
Chapter 8 Chapter 6 Successful Decision-making
Chapter 9 Chapter 7 Effective Communication
Chapter 10 Chapter 8 Developing Effective Physician-Patient Relationships
Chapter 11 Chapter 9 Advance Care Planning
Chapter 12 Chapter 10 A Humane Patient-Centered Approach to Care
Chapter 13 Notes
Chapter 14 Bibliography

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Gewicht	154 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
ISBN-10	0-7618-5338-3 / 0761853383
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-5338-1 / 9780761853381
Zustand	Neuware