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<br> This second edition of the classic Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life is a gem. The coverage of issues related to the care of children is a welcome addition, and now makes the document a truly comprehensive textbook for ethical, legal, institutional, and psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care. The format is particularly attractive, allowing the reader to absorb concise bullet points on each topic with easy access to more detailed discussion in the text. This excellent organizational format, plus the searchable ebook, makes these Guidelines a uniquely practical resource for all who care for patients near the end-of-life. -- Robert Truog, Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology, & Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Ethics, Harvard Medical School; Executive Director, Institute for Professionalism & Ethical Practice Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston <br><p><br> The book is so much more than just guidelines. It is the sourcebook for how the ethics of life-sustaining treatment and care at the end of life should be taught, institutionalized and translated into clinical teaching and practice. Medical students and residents will learn how to think about and approach the care of patients who are dying or who refuse life -sustaining therapies. Healthcare institutions will match their procedures and processes in ethical consultations to the goals and competencies outlined in these guidelines. Healthcare leaders and policy makers will advocate for the full integration of these guidelines into healthcare policy and procedures. By taking a comprehensive view of what healthcare professionals and policy makers need to know to set the standards for the ethical treatment decision-making and delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care near the end of life, the three authors, all with extensive experience in ethics and legal policy, have created an<p><br>extremely relevant, rea

Reports and publications from the Hastings Center have been influential in shaping and defining our professional attitudes to ethics of clinical care, particularly in regard to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and other matters related to end-of-life care. This second edition of their Guidelines is very welcome and provides a clear and reasoned approach to the different clinical scenarios... It's a pleasure to read as the material is logically sequenced and each statement or recommendation is justified-you feel each bit has been thought through and care taken to write it clearly. If you have an interest in the ethical underpinnings of what we do, this book is for you. If you teach about ethics and clinical practice, or are responsible for it at your institution, this is required reading. Roger Woodruff for IAHPC News, July 2013 This groundbreaking expansion of the Guidelines incorporates research and innovation in clinical care, law, and policy. It is written for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and is structured for easy reference in difficult clinical situations. It supports the work of clinical ethicists, ethics committee members, health lawyers, clinical educators, scholars, and policymakers. It includes extensive practical recommendations. Anticancer Research, August 2013

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Nancy Berlinger is a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center and teaches ethics at the Yale University School of Nursing. She directed the Hastings Center project that produced the revised and expanded second edition of the Guidelines. Bruce Jennings is Director of Bioethics at the Center for Humans and Nature and teaches ethics at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is an elected Fellow of The Hastings Center and was a co-author of the first edition of the Guidelines in 1987. Susan M. Wolf is McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy at the University of Minnesota, and a Faculty Member in the University's Center for Bioethics. She is an elected Member of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine, elected Fellow of the AAAS, and elected Fellow of The Hastings Center. She directed the Hastings Center project that produced the first edition of the Guidelines in 1987, and was principal author of that work.

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