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A Patient-Centered Approach to Medicine for the Terminally-Ill (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R897
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A Patient-Centered Approach to Medicine for the Terminally-Ill (Paperback, New): Irene S. Switankowsky

A Patient-Centered Approach to Medicine for the Terminally-Ill (Paperback, New)

Irene S. Switankowsky

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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.

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Imprint: University Press of America
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Irene S. Switankowsky
Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 94
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-5338-1
Categories: Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Palliative medicine
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Terminal care nursing
Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
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LSN: 0-7618-5338-3
Barcode: 9780761853381

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