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 (pages 243-252) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dealing with doctors, denial, and death

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

950445736

Responsibility statement

Aroop Mangalik

Sub title

a guide to living well with serious illness

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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