Caring for Patients at the End of Life: Facing an Uncertain Future Together

by Timothy E. Quill

Book Overview

In Caring for Patients at the End of Life: Facing an Uncertain Future Together, Dr. Quill uses his wide range of clinical experience caring for severely ill patients and their families to illustrate the challenges and potential of end-of-life care. Section one utilizes the near death experiences of two patients to explore values underlying medical humanism, and then presents the case of "Diane" to explore the fundamental clinical commitments of partnership...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195139402
• ISBN13: 9780195139402
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"