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Lois Snyder, JD & Timothy E. Quill, MD, editors
Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care

(Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians, 2001) 267 pages
(ISBN: 1-930513-28-3; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: R726.8.A46 2001)
(Medical call number: WB310A512p 2001)

This is a collection of articles by 27 doctors, professors, & lawyers
exploring various aspects of terminal care.
They break no new ground, but they do present a good analysis
of the problems facing doctors who care for the dying:
How to communicate better with patients and families?
Dealing with pain, depression, dementia, & grief.
Withdrawing life-supports and other life-ending decisions.
Advance directives and hospice care.
Legal and financial problems in end-of-life care.

This guide should be especially helpful to physicians
who are just beginning their practice
or who are only beginning to think about how to deal with dying patients.

If you would like to see reviews of other books on terminal care,
search the Internet for this exact expression:
"Books on Terminal Care".

James Leonard Park, author of Your Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care.