Medical Ethics and the Elderly, Second Edition

By Gurcharan Rai

Patient-Centered Care Series Series Editors: Moira Stewart Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman The application of the patient-centered clinical method has received international recognition. This book introduces and fully examines the patient-centered clinical method and illustrates how it can be applied in primary care. It presents case examples of the many problems encountered in patient-doctor interactions and provides ideas for dealing with these more effectively. It covers a wide range of topics and issues including palliative care abuse dying patients ethical challenges and the role of self-awareness. Many narratives originate from patients' and family members' experiences providing perspectives of great power and value. The Patient-Centered Care series is of great value to all health professionals teachers and students in primary care. For more information on other titles in this series please click here

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185775851X
• ISBN13: 9781857758511
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.0"