Ethical Dilemmas in Cancer Care

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© 1989

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Editors:

Basil A. Stoll (Honorary Consulting Physician)⁰

Basil A. Stoll
1. Oncology Departments, St Thomas’ Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

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Introduction
1. Introduction
  
  Basil A. Stoll
  
  Pages 1-4
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
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
Back Matter

Pages 127-134

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Editors and Affiliations

Oncology Departments, St Thomas’ Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Basil A. Stoll

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Ethical Dilemmas in Cancer Care
Editors: Basil A. Stoll
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10711-7
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor and Contributors 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 134
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Oncology

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