Description: This book is the first comprehensive collection devoted to analyzing distinctive ethical issues arising in the delivery of hospice care and designed to promote best ethical practices for hospice care professionals and organizations in the United States.
Review Quotes: "The strength of this book is its articulation of a unique hospice philosophy of end-of-life care and the way it traces how this philosophy challenges -- and is challenged by -- the categories of bioethics. " -- Doody's
"This is an edited collection of 13 scholarly essays covering all aspects of ethics in relation to hospice care, and what they may mean to us on a personal, professional, organisational and even societal level... This book will be of particular interest to anyone who works in palliative care and has a special interest in ethical issues, and should probably be read by team leaders, administrators and those involved in planning the future development of hospice care." -- IAHPC Newsletter"This compilation of essays serves to introduce outsiders to the hospice professional community... If one were interested in providing ethics consultation in a hospice organization, it would be an excellent starting reference. It would serve as a guide to new interdisciplinary teammembers, struck by the unique moral dimensions of hospice or beginning to experience moral distress." -- Kathleen Shwarz, MD, Journal of Palliative Medicine