Ethics in End-of-Life Decisions in Social Work Practice
For social workers, Csikai (social work, U. of Alabama) and Chaitin (medical ethics and palliative care services, U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center) address current ethical issues in decision making at the end of life, including the philosophies behind bioethics, advanced care planning, hospice and palliative care, organ donation, ethical analysis, and privacy, confidentiality, truth-telling, and medical error. Also discussed are the definition of death, the significance of religion and...
