Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death (Paperback)

Aroop Mangalik

ISBN 10: 153812338X / ISBN 13: 9781538123386

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. Often when death is the inevitable and impending outcome of a health diagnosis, doctors are reluctant to discuss alternatives to treatment, feeding into a culture of denial that can result in expensive, ineffective, and unnecessary over treatment that may or may not extend life but almost always damages the quality of life. Here, a seasoned doctor and researcher looks at the ways in which we are accustomed to treating illness at all costs, even at the expense of the quality of a patients life. He considers our culture of denial, the medical professions role in over treating patients and end of life care, and the patients options and role in these decisions. The goal is to help patients and families make informed decisions that may help the seriously ill live better with their illnesses. This profoundly empowering book will help people make informed decisions about their lives and medical care, especially those who have a life-threatening or life-changing illness themselves or have a family member living with one. Incorporating specific questions for patients to ask their doctors and discuss with their families, the book provides an analysis of various forces that influence our decision-making. The book also examines the professional, psychological, economic, and social pressures that influence physicians treating seriously ill patients, including those that lead doctors to recommend treatments that may be futile. The book concludes with resources that seriously ill patients and their families can call upon to give them support and assist with the logistical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of end-of-life care. This guide for patients facing serious illnesses for which the path to wellness is unclear explains some of the influences that may prompt physicians to recommend futile treatments and describes specific ways of obtaining information to get a clear idea of all available options. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 153812338X
• ISBN 13: 9781538123386
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This guide for patients facing serious illnesses for which the path to wellness is unclear explains some of the influences that may prompt physicians to recommend futile treatments and describes specific ways of obtaining information to get a clear idea of all available options.

About the Author

Aroop Mangalik, MD is a retired oncologist and an ethicist. He has been an active clinician for many years and continues to teach ethics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He has worked for many years to reduce unnecessary and unwanted treatments, especially for patients in advanced stages of their diseases. He has several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals pertaining to his work in the laboratory and in clinical trials.