Friday 26 June 2015

Ethics in palliative care

Progress in Palliative Care, 01 June 2015, vol./is. 23/3

This is a special issue exploring ethical issues.  It includes the following:


  • Moral luck and the question of autonomy, choice and control in end of life decision making
  • Decision-making capacity at the end of life
  • Ethical dilemmas of surrogate decision making
  • When mediation fails: identifying and working with inappropriate surrogate decision makers
  • Palliative sedation: controversies and challenges
  • CPR and hospice: incompatible goals, irreconcilable differences
Available in print in Arthur Rank House library, Brookfields Hospital