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02152aam a22003498i 4500 001 151DA054049611E7887D40E0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170309010026 008 160713t20172017mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016025054 020 $a 1442272805 020 $a 9781442272804 035 $a (OCoLC)950445736 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BDX $d JAS $d OU9 $d NBO $d ZPP $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Mangalik, Aroop, $d 1935-. 245 10 $a Dealing with doctors, denial, and death : $b a guide to living well with serious illness / $c Aroop Mangalik. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2017] 300 $a xiv, 260 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. 505 0 $a Dealing with the inevitability of death -- Communication, hope and honesty -- Religion, healing and death -- Patient autonomy and medical expertise: how to find a balance -- Planning for your life, illness and death -- Do no harm -- Statistics: they help and they fool -- Why doctors over-treat: training and mindset -- Why doctors over-treat: pressure from society and the medical -- Establishment -- Why doctors over-treat: flaws in the way they deal with patients -- When doctors say 'no' -- Why patients demand unrealistic treatments -- How to reduce over-treatment -- How to proceed toward comfort. 520 $a 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. --Publisher 650 0 $a Chronically ill $x Care. 650 0 $a Chronically ill $x Family relationships. 650 0 $a Chronically ill $x Treatment. 650 0 $a Physician and patient. 650 0 $a Medical ethics. 941 $a 3 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20191026010345.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20180704043608.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20170309010226.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=151DA054049611E7887D40E0DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search