Book Review: Ethical issues in palliative care

Abstract

Health care students will find this a valuable overview of key principles in palliative care and it should help them to approach this difficult area with more confidence. It would, therefore, be a worthwhile addition to medical libraries. I doubt though that the author's hope that patients and carers will read it will be realized, as many parts of the book are clearly aimed at health care professionals only. Bio-ethicists concerned with end of life issues will require more detailed exposition of some of the topics.