Culture, Ethics, and Advance Care Planning

Informationen zum Autor Alissa Hurwitz Swota is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of North Florida and senior fellow in bioethics at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeast Florida Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions. Klappentext In the fast-paced world of clinical medicine, recognizing and acknowledging differences in worldviews is often overlooked. When dealing with the delicate issues broached in advance care planning, such oversights can lead to deep rifts within the health care provider-patient relationship. By providing guidance to those engaged in such endeavors and setting advance care planning in a global context, health care practitioners will be better able to care for their patients and achieve the noble goal of advance care planning_giving volume to the voice of the patient in the last chapter of her life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Advance Care Planning: A Focus on Process Chapter 3 Chapter 2. A Plurality of Cultures Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Communication Across Cultures Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Truth-Telling and Disclosure Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Realizing the Goal of Cultural Sensitivity in the Clinical Setting-Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Product details

• Authors: Alissa Hurwitz Swota, Swota Alissa Hurwitz
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9780739135655
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3565-5
• No. of pages: 143
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Practicing Bioethics; Practicing Bioethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, MEDICAL / Caregiving, Ethics & moral philosophy, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Nursing & ancillary services