Author / Monica Delles
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Reflections on Cultural Difference and Advance Directives
Advance care planning cannot assume a single meaning of autonomy.
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A Practical Advance Directive Survey
A survey of 11 Kansas City hospitals showed support for advance care planning.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Different Approach
Physician Assisted Suicide – A Different Approach More requests for physician-assisted suicide are not due to present suffering. Steps must be designed to uncover the real roots of the desire so that they can be specifically addressed. Examples of such steps are proposed.
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Advance Directives – Are They Effective?
Have advance directives led to progress in patients’ rights?
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Caring Conversations – A Partnership Between You and Your Agent
Appointing an agent is the beginning of a partnership.
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Project Talk
Can family philanthropy advance health, healthcare and science?
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The Case of Jack: What are the Limits of a Community’s Right to Know?
Scrutinizing the Individual:
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The Case of Immigrant Populations: Cultural Competence in Health Care
Delivering health care to non-English speaking immigrant populations requires knowledge and appreciation of the patient’s culture. Acquiring the skills to bridge the two worlds calls for self-awareness by the practitioner and a commitment to cultural competence by the organization.
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The Case of Herman: Rejecting Doctors Orders
Herman, a fifty-five-year-old farmer, has come into the office of Dr. X complaining of an increase in the symptoms of a chronic problem.
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The Case of Helga Wanglie – Futile Treatment
Does the suggestion of withdrawal of life-sustaining technologies reflect moral decay in our culture?
