Dealing with doctors, denial, and death [electronic resource] a guide to living well with serious illness

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Dealing with doctors, denial, and death [electronic resource]: a guide to living well with serious illness / Aroop Mangalik.
개인저자	Mangalik, Aroop, 1935- author.
발행사항	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017].
발행예정일자	1701
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Mangalik, Aroop, 1935- Dealing with doctors, denial, and death. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442272804
ISBN	9781442272811 1442272813
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Dealing with the inevitability of death -- Communication, hope and honesty -- Religion, healing and death -- Patient autonomy and medical expertise: how to find a balance -- Planning for your life, illness and death -- Do no harm -- Statistics: they help and they fool -- Why doctors over-treat: training and mindset -- Why doctors over-treat: pressure from society and the medical -- Establishment -- Why doctors over-treat: flaws in the way they deal with patients -- When doctors say 'no' -- Why patients demand unrealistic treatments -- How to reduce over-treatment -- How to proceed toward comfort.
요약	This guide for patients facing serious illnesses for which the path to wellness is unclear explains some of the influences that may prompt physicians to recommend futile treatments and describes specific ways of obtaining information to get a clear idea of all available options.
일반주제명	Chronically ill --Care. Chronically ill --Family relationships. Chronically ill --Treatment. Physician and patient. Medical ethics. HEALTH & FITNESS --Diseases --General. MEDICAL --Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL --Diseases. MEDICAL --Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL --Internal Medicine. Chronically ill --Care. Chronically ill --Family relationships. Chronically ill --Treatment. Medical ethics. Physician and patient. Chronic Disease. Ethics, Medical. Family Relations. Physician-Patient Relations.
분류기호(NLMC)	WT 500
분류기호(DDC)	616.044
언어	영어
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