基本説明
With contributions by clinicians, ethicists, philosophers and social scientists.
Full Description
As palliative care develops across many of the countries of Europe, we find that it continues to raise important ethical challenges. Palliative care practice requires ethical sensitivity and understanding. At the same time the very existence of palliative care calls for ethical explanation. Ethics and palliative care meet over some vital issues: 'the good death', sedation at the end of life, requests for euthanasia, futile treatment, and the role of research. Yet palliative care appears uncertain about its goals and there is evidence that its ethical underpinnings are changing. Likewise, the moral problems of palliative care are only partly served by the four 'principles' of modern bioethics. This innovative book, with contributions by clinicians, ethicists, philosophers and social scientists, provides the first ever picture of palliative care ethics in the European context. It will be of interest to those involved in the delivery and management of palliative care services, as well as to students and researchers.
Contents
Series editor's preface
Introduction
the work of the Pallium Project
Part one: Concepts and models of care
Introduction to Part one
Palliative care and the historical background
Palliative care developments in seven European countries
Conceptual tensions in European palliative care
Part two: Moral Values
Introduction to Part two
Moral values in palliative care
a European comparison
From conviction to responsibility in palliative care ethics
Good death or good life as a goal of palliative care
Palliative care
a relational approach
Part three: Ethics and Palliative Care Practice
Introduction to Part three
Respect for autonomy and palliative care
Sedation in palliative care
facts and concepts
Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
Research ethics and palliative care
Futility, limits and palliative care
Conclusion
References
Index.
