Dealing with doctors, denial, and death : a guide to living well with serious illness /
Mangalik, Aroop, 1935-
Dealing with doctors, denial, and death : a guide to living well with serious illness / Aroop Mangalik, MD. - xiv, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
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.
9781442272804 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016025054
Chronically ill--Care.
Chronically ill--Family relationships.
Chronically ill--Treatment.
Physician and patient.
Medical ethics.
RC108 / .M366 2017
616/.044
Dealing with doctors, denial, and death : a guide to living well with serious illness / Aroop Mangalik, MD. - xiv, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
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.
9781442272804 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016025054
Chronically ill--Care.
Chronically ill--Family relationships.
Chronically ill--Treatment.
Physician and patient.
Medical ethics.
RC108 / .M366 2017
616/.044