Medical Ethics and the Elderly (3rd Edition).

Medical Ethics and the Elderly (3rd Edition).
Author: Gurcharan Rai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN:

The Third Edition of this ground-breaking and highly regarded book incorporates key recent developments and ethical guidance surrounding treatment of older patients. Its reflective and informative approach makes it essential reading for all health profess.

Medical Ethics and the Elderly

Medical Ethics and the Elderly
Author: Gurchuran Rai
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2014-07-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1910227277

The Fourth Edition of this bestselling, highly regarded book has been fully revised to incorporate changes in law and clinical guidance making a vital impact on patient management, encompassing: . The Equality Act 2010 which provides the right of older people to treatment without discrimination . Case law on withdrawing nutrition and hydration . Up

Medical Ethics and the Elderly: practical guide

Medical Ethics and the Elderly: practical guide
Author: Gurcharan S Rai
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 100044662X

This concise, introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics, and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients Typical scenarios faced in clinical practice, such as issues of mental capacity and consent, resuscitation, near death decisions, quality of life, and health care expenditure, are discussed

Medical Ethics and the Elderly

Medical Ethics and the Elderly
Author: Gurcharan S. Rai
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315346702

This ground-breaking and highly regarded book explores the central ethical issues arising from the day-to-day care of older patients. This Third Edition incorporates key recent developments including guidance from the General Medical Council and the National Council for Palliative Care on consent and refusal of treatment, The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the NHS Code of Practice on Confidentiality. The key aim of the book remains to provide a practical guide for health professionals who are involved with doctors in making difficult decisions. Medical students who now study medical ethics and their application in the day-to-day management of patients as part of the undergraduate curriculum will also benefit.

Ethics and the Elderly

Ethics and the Elderly
Author: Mark R. Wicclair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1993
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

With the increasing growth of the elderly population, geriatric care is becoming eminently important not only to medical professionals but also to all those involved in caring for the elderly including social workers, nursing home staff, and relatives. This timely work confronts in a clear and systematic manner the many ethical issues concerning care for elderly persons. For instance, what is sound ethical decision-making in relation to life-sustaining medical treatment for elderly patients? At a time when aging of the population is increasing the demand for health care, is age-rationing a justified means of cost control? How can investigators satisfy ethical requirements in relation to medical or social-scientific research with elderly subjects, and what special precautions are needed when elderly persons are ill, demented, dependent on social services, and/or institutionalized? What are the responsibilities of adult children toward frail elderly parents? How can professionals and relatives determine whether paternalism toward an elderly person is ethically justified? In an accessible way, this book explains the ethical and conceptual issues at stake. Several key examples are presented and each chapter ends with an extensive case study and analysis. Ethics and the Elderly will be a valuable resource for all those involved in geriatric care and to many in the field of bioethics.

Medical Ethics and the Elderly

Medical Ethics and the Elderly
Author: Gurcharan Singh Rai
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 121
Release: 1999
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789057024023

Medical ethics is central to the sound practice of medicine, and in the field of geriatrics in particular, difficult ethical dilemmas are faced almost every day. This concise, introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics, and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients. Typical scenarios faced in clinical practice, such as issues of mental capacity and consent, resuscitation, near death decisions, quality of life, and health care expenditure, are discussed. Example cases illustrating specific situations are included throughout.

The Elderly

The Elderly
Author: Martin Lyon Levine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351890867

Aging is a public health priority that is becoming increasingly important in both developed and less developed nations, with individual health care providers and law-makers each facing difficult ethical and policy dilemmas. The complex issues physicians deal with include informed consent and patient decision-making capacity, use of advance care planning and decision-making by family and medical staff, and withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining interventions. Broader questions include: has aging been over medicalized? Is it ethical for older patients to receive less medical care than younger ones, through unspoken practice or formal rationing? Is there inevitable conflict between the generations over scarce medical resources? How should physician, patient and family confront end-of-life decisions? How have different nations responded to increasing numbers of the elderly? Have social values changed as to family responsibility and individual autonomy? This volume brings together the most significant published essays in the field.

Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings

Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings
Author: Maartje Schermer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400738706

This volume focuses on the ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and the implications of these issues for healthcare and social policy. After a brief overview of biomedicine's changing approach of ageing and longevity and of the new expectations that these changes generate, various ethical, social, and policy issues that surround aging and longevity are discussed. First, the images and social meanings of aging and old age in our society are explored, including their normative dimensions and implications for policy. Next, ethical issues in the care for frail elderly are discussed, as well as notion of good care and end-of-life decisions. Finally, the ethical and social implications of emerging possibilities for anti-aging and lifespan extension are considered. The book concludes with an overview of the relevance of the issues discussed for policy making on professional, national and international levels.​

On Moral Medicine

On Moral Medicine
Author: Stephen E. Lammers
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 1034
Release: 1998-05-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0802842496

Collecting a wide range of contemporary and classical essays dealing with medical ethics, this huge volu me is the finest resource available for engaging the pressin g problems posed by medical advances. '