The new edition of this book has been updated to incorporate recent advances in both the approach to, and treatment of, the terminally ill. Based on many years of monitoring clinical practice and research at St Christopher's Hospice, the author presents practical, balanced advice on the general ethical and medical principles of caring for dying patients. This will continue to be an invaluable handbook for all hospice physicians and nurses as a compassionate source of factual information.
Keywords: terminally ill, clinical practice, clinical research, St Christopher's Hospice, ethical principles, medical principles, caring, dying patients, hospice physicians, nurses
| Print publication date: 1995 | Print ISBN-13: 9780192625144 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192625144.001.0001 |