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Ethical Issues in Cancer Patient Care

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Editors:
  1. Peter Angelos

    1. Professor of Surgery and Chief of Endocrine Surgery Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, USA

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  • The care of cancer patients raises complex ethical issues
  • This updated edition addresses important topics relevant to the management of individuals with cancer
  • A multidisciplinary group of experts presents commentary on controversial subjects frequently debated in the field

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 140)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-2
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  2. An Open Letter to Doctors

    • Parvez Kamangar
    Pages 3-11

  3. Physicians and Cancer Patients: Communication and Advance Directives

    • Peter Angelos, Muneera R. Kapadia
    Pages 13-28

  4. Information is Not Enough:The Place of Statistics in the Doctor–Patient Relationship

    • Kathryn Key Montgomery, Ellen Key Harris-Braun
    Pages 29-43

  5. Cross-Cultural Issues in Caring for Patients with Cancer

    • Tod Chambers
    Pages 45-64

  6. Hope and Communication in Cancer Care: What Patients Tell Us

    • Susan Hedlund
    Pages 65-77

  7. Addressing The Spiritual Needs Of Patients

    • Christina M. Puchalski
    Pages 79-91

  8. Pediatric Cancer Care: Special Issues in Ethical Decision Making

    • Sarah Zieber, Sarah Friebert
    Pages 93-115

  9. The Ethics of Responding to Pain and Suffering

    • Timothy F. Murphy
    Pages 117-135

  10. Are There Limits to Oncology Care? (Futility)

    • Gary R. Shapiro
    Pages 137-157

  11. The Role of Palliative Medicine in Cancer Patient Care

    • William M. Mitchell, Charles F. von Gunten
    Pages 159-171

  12. Holding on and Letting Go: Ethical Issues Regarding the Care of Children with Cancer

    • Aviva Goldberg, Joel Frader
    Pages 173-194

  13. Communicating Errors

    • Christian J. Vercler, Peter Angelos
    Pages 195-213

  14. Research Ethics and the Ethics of Research: Should We Offer Clinical Trial Participation or Clinical Research Partnership to Oncology Patients in the New Millennium?

    • Heather Sampson
    Pages 215-234

  15. Does Reimbursement Affect Physicians’ Decision Making? Examples from the Use of Recombinent Erythropoietin

    • June M. McKoy, Cara C. Tigue, Charles L. Bennett
    Pages 235-251

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 253-258
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About this book

Peter Angelos Numerous ethical issues arise in the care of oncology patients. Although much has been written in the last several decades on ethical issues in caring for patients, few volumes have sought to focus the exploration on ethical issues particularly relevant to the care of cancer patients. In 1999, the first edition of this book was published. Since that time, many changes have occurred in how some cancers are diagnosed and treated, but the central ethical issues have continued to challenge patients, families, and their health care providers. All of the chapters from the prior edition have been updated and there are seven new chapters in this expanded edition. In this second edition, the perspectives on what is an ethical issue have been broadened by bringing authors of differing backgrounds into the discussion. In Chapter 1, the perspective of a cancer patient is provided as an open letter to physicians. Although Parvez Kamangar is providing only one patient’s perspective, this is an essential voice that is not often heard in texts on medical ethics. In Chapters 2 and 3, the issues of communication and the physician-patient relationship are explored in order to better understand how the needs of patients and families can be met. In Chapter 4, Professor Tod Chambers highlights the challenges to providing ethical care to patients in a multicultural society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Professor of Surgery and Chief of Endocrine Surgery Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, USA

    Peter Angelos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethical Issues in Cancer Patient Care

  • Editors: Peter Angelos

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73639-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73638-9Published: 10 December 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7907-3Published: 29 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73639-6Published: 30 November 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 258

  • Topics: Oncology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Quality of Life Research, Ethics

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