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

Reports and publications from the Hastings Center have been influential in shaping and defining our professional attitudes to ethics of clinical care, particularly in regard to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and other matters related to end-of-life care. This second edition of their Guidelines is very welcome and provides a clear and reasoned approach to the different clinical scenarios... It's a pleasure to read as the material is logically sequenced and each statement or recommendation is justified-you feel each bit has been thought through and care taken to write it clearly. If you have an interest in the ethical underpinnings of what we do, this book is for you. If you teach about ethics and clinical practice, or are responsible for it at your institution, this is required reading. Roger Woodruff for IAHPC News, July 2013 This groundbreaking expansion of the Guidelines incorporates 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. Anticancer Research, August 2013