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Chapters dedicated to end-of-life care or to issues related to the end of life |
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Textbook |
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End of Life Issues Covered |
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Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (6th Edition) |
1)Palliative Care 2)Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine |
-Symptom management -Advance care planning -Decision making |
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Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine (2nd Edition) |
1)Symptom Management and Palliative Care 2) Legal and Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine |
-Symptom management -Ethical issues -Advance care planning -Psychological and spiritual issues -Bereavement support -Advance care planning -Decision making |
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Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (5th Edition) |
1)Care of the Dying Patient 2)Ethical issues in Geriatric Medicine 3)Spirituality and the Elderly |
-Symptom management -Decision making -Bereavement support -Decision making -Advance care planning -Withdrawing and withholding treatment -Euthanasia and assisted suicide -Spiritual issues |
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The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd Edition) |
1)Care of the Dying Patient 2)Legal and ethical issues 3)Social issues |
-Symptom management -Emotional, social and spiritual issues -Ethical issues -Advance care planning -Bereavement support -Advance directives -Decision making -Euthanasia and assisted suicide -Spiritual issues |
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Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics (5th Edition) |
1)Terminal Care* 2)Ethical issues in the care of older persons |
-Psychological issues -Advance directives -Decision making |
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* a section within the chapter "Developing Clinical Expectations" |
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Wu et al. BMC Palliative Care 2006 5:5 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-5-5 |
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