- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributor
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 End-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 2 Comorbidity
- Chapter 3 Complications of end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 4 Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 5 Health-related quality of life in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 6 Symptom assessment and trajectories
- Chapter 7 The management of pain
- Chapter 8 Non-pain symptoms in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 9 How to deliver the best supportive and palliative care
- Chapter 10 Recognizing dying
- Chapter 11 Communicating with patients and families
- Chapter 12 Ethical and legal considerations
- Chapter 13 Management of the last few days
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and religious care
- Chapter 15 Caring for the carers
- Chapter 16 Drug doses in advanced chronic kidney disease
- Chapter 17 Audit and research in renal end of life care
- Appendix Resources
- Index
(p. 225) Ethical and legal considerations
- Chapter:
- (p. 225) Ethical and legal considerations
- Author(s):
Edwina Brown
, Fliss Murtagh
, Emma Murphy
, and Max Watson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199695690.003.0012
Principles of ethical decisions 226
A process of ethical decision-making 232
Choosing conservative management of ESKD 234
Renal replacement therapy and the elderly 238
Truth telling and collusion 240
Legal considerations: consent and capacity 242
Lasting power of attorney and court-appointed deputies 246
Advance decisions to refuse treatment ...
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- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributor
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 End-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 2 Comorbidity
- Chapter 3 Complications of end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 4 Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 5 Health-related quality of life in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 6 Symptom assessment and trajectories
- Chapter 7 The management of pain
- Chapter 8 Non-pain symptoms in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 9 How to deliver the best supportive and palliative care
- Chapter 10 Recognizing dying
- Chapter 11 Communicating with patients and families
- Chapter 12 Ethical and legal considerations
- Chapter 13 Management of the last few days
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and religious care
- Chapter 15 Caring for the carers
- Chapter 16 Drug doses in advanced chronic kidney disease
- Chapter 17 Audit and research in renal end of life care
- Appendix Resources
- Index