Ethical Issues in Cancer Patient Care

This second edition addresses a variety of ethical issues that arise in thecare of oncology patients. Many volumes have been written on medical ethics inthe pas... » 

This second edition addresses a variety of ethical issues that arise in thecare of oncology patients. Many volumes have been written on medical ethics inthe past 30 years. However few have focused on ethical issues specific to thecare of cancer patients. This book brings together such a focused examination.The contributors include clinicians doctors nurses and social workersethicists medical humanists medical educators and a cancer survivor. Theissues raised have direct relevance to the care of oncology patients intreatment as well as research settings. The chapters address issues that arecentral to contemporary medical practice and medical ethics inquiry. EthicalIssues in Cancer Patient Care Second Edition will have direct importance forpracticing physicians nurses and others caring for cancer patients. Inaddition medical students medical educators and ethicists will find this bookof interest. TOCIntroduction. An Open Letter to Doctors. Physicians andCancer Patients Communication and Advance Directives. Information is NotEnough The Place of Statistics in the DoctorPatient Relationship. CrossCultural Issues in Caring for Patients with Cancer. Hope and Communication inCancer Care What Patients Tell Us. Addressing the Spiritual Needs ofPatients. Pediatric Cancer Care Special Issues in Ethical Decision Making.The Ethics of Responding to Pain and Suffering. Are There Limits to OncologyCare? Futility. The Role of Palliative Medicine in Cancer Patient Care.Holding On and Letting Go Ethical Issues Regarding the Care of Children withCancer. Communicating Errors. Research Ethics and the Ethics of ResearchShould We Offer Clinical Trial Participation or Clinical Research Partnershipto Oncology Patients in the New Millennium? Does Reimbursement AffectPhysicians Decision Making? Examples from the Use of RecombinentErythropoietin. Index. «