Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 1-4

  3. Rights of the Individual Patient

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Right to Bad News
      Ivan Lichter
      Pages 7-16
    3. Painful Choices between Patients
      Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 17-28
    4. Achieving Informed Consent in Clinical Trials
      Arthur Schafer
      Pages 29-38
    5. Compromising Between Quantity and Quality of Life
      John H. Kearsley
      Pages 39-49
    6. Defensive Medicine or Malpractice Suits?
      Gareth J. G. Rees, Alun A. D. Rees
      Pages 51-62
    7. The Right to Die
      C. Spreeuwenberg
      Pages 63-72

  4. The Health Professional and Society

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 73-73
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    2. Do Doctors Need a Code of Practice?
      James Owen Drife
      Pages 75-86
    3. The Nurse’s Viewpoint on Ethics
      Pat Webb
      Pages 87-97
    4. Persuasion or Paternalism in Cancer Prevention?
      Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 99-108
    5. Who Teaches Medical Ethics?
      Graham H. Barker
      Pages 109-115
    6. The Attraction of Alternative Therapies
      Philip H. N. Wood, Gareth H. Williams
      Pages 117-125
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 127-134
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About this book

Keywords

cancer care ethical dilemma

Editors and affiliations

  • Basil A. Stoll
    • 1
  1. 1.Oncology DepartmentsSt Thomas’ Hospital and Royal Free HospitalLondonUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10711-7
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-10713-1
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-10711-7
  • About this book
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