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    Beauchamp, T L, Childress, J F (2001).
Principles of Biomedical Ethics
(5th Edition). Oxford University Press.
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Catholic Medical Quarterly,
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Support Care Cancer
3: 28-36. In: Rousseau, P (2001). Ethical and legal issues in palliative care.
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Palliative Care Resuscitation.
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FURTHER READING AND INFORMATION
     
    Books
    PalliativeCare Resuscitation
by Madeline Bass (2006) Published by John Wiley and Sons.
A guide for professionals, patients and families
alike on the ethical and legal issues relating to resuscitation when someone
has an incurable illness.
    Person to Person: Guide to the Care of Those with Failing Mental Powers
by Tom Kitwood and Kathleen Bredin (1992):
very good guide but
not up to date, as it was written before the Mental Capacity Act came
into force in 2007.
Published by Gale Centre Publications.
    Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and
Residential Settings
by Danny Walsh (2006). Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
    How We Die
by Sherwin B Nuland (1993). Published by Chatto & Windus/Vintage Books.
    Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irvin Yalom (2008). Published by Piatkus Books.
    How to Have a Good Death
by J Ellershaw,
et al,
ed D Beckerman (based on the BBC documentary by Esther Rantzen). Published by Dorling Kindersley
    Caring for Someone With a Long-Term Illness
by J Costello (2009). Published by Manchester University Press.
    Caring for Dying People of Different Faiths
by Julia Neuberger. Published by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
    Dying Well: A Guide to Enabling a Good Death
by Julia Neuberger (2004). Published by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
    On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five
Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler (2005). Published by Simon & Schuster.
    On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses,
Clergy and Their Own Families
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross(introduction by Allan Kellehear) (2009). Published by Rout-ledge.
    Oral Feeding Difficulties and Dilemmas: a guide to practical care, particularly towards the end of life.
A report of the working party under the chairmanship of Dr Rodney Burnham (2010). Published by the Royal College of Physicians, together with the British Society of Gastroenterology.
    Other books and journal articles: although a long list, this will be particularly useful for health and social care professionals.
     
    Ballinger, D. Is it ever acceptable to deceive a patient?
Nursing Times
(1997); 93 (35) 44-45.
    Bass, M. Oncology nurses’ perceptions of their goals in the resuscitation status of oncology patients
. Professional Nurse
(2003); 18 (12), 710-713.
    Bass, M. Resuscitation
:
knowing whether it is right or wrong.
European Journal of Palliative Care
(2008); 15 (4) 175—178.
    Bass, M. Should patients who are at the end of life be offered resuscitation?
Nursing Times
(2009); 105 (3) 19.
    Bass, M. CPR decisions in palliative care should allow for a good death
. Nursing Times
(2009); 105 (15) 11.
    Bass, M. Advance Care Planning for the end of life.
Oncology and Palliative Care
(2009); 3 (2) 42—43.
    Billings, J A. Comfort measures for the terminally ill: is dehydration painful?
Journal of the American Geriatric Society (1985);
33
: 808-810.
    Birtwhistle, J, Nielson, A. Do not resuscitate: an ethical dilemma for the decision-maker.
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