Bibliograph

Dealing with doctors, denial, and death, a guide to living well with serious illness, Aroop Mangalik

Type

Label

Dealing with doctors, denial, and death, a guide to living well with serious illness, Aroop Mangalik

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dealing with doctors, denial, and death

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971023403

Responsibility statement

Aroop Mangalik

Sub title

a guide to living well with serious illness

Summary

This guide for patients facing serious illnesses for which the path to wellness is unclear explains some of the influences that may prompt physicians to recommend futile treatments and describes specific ways of obtaining information to get a clear idea of all available options. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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