The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life: Revised and Expanded Second Edition [Paperback]

The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines shaped the ethical and legal framework for treatment decision-making and end-of-life care in the U.S. This updated edition offers comprehensive practical guidance to professionals caring for seriously ill adults and children. It is a resource for clinical ethicists, ethics committees, lawyers, administrators, educators, and policymakers.This major new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center's 1987Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying. Like its predecessor, this second edition will shape the ethical and legal framework for decision-making on treatment and end-of-life care in the United States.This groundbreaking work incorporates 25 years of research and innovation in clinical care, law, and policy. It is written for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and is structured for easy reference in difficult clinical situations. It supports the work of clinical ethicists, ethics committee members, health lawyers, clinical educators, scholars, and policymakers. It includes extensive practical recommendations.Health care reform places a new set of challenges on decision-making and care near the end of life.The Hastings Center Guidelinesare an essential resource.Preface to the Second EditionContributorsHow These Guidelines Are OrganizedIntroductionThe Function and Sources of These Ethics GuidelinesLegal and Ethical Consensus Informing These Guidelines: Rights, Protections, and Key Philosophical DistinctionsPart One: Framework and ContextSection 1: Ethics Goals for Good Care When Patients Face Decisions about Life-Sustaining Treatment or Approach the End of LifeSection 2: Ethics Education Competencies for Health Care Professionals Caring for Patients Facing Decisions about Life-Sustaining Treatment and Patients Approaching the End of LifeSection 3: Organizational Systems Supporting Good Care and Ethical PracticeSection 4: Social, Economic, anlƒ‘