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The elephant in the room is a collection of short stories that creatively communicate the cancer patient’s journey. The stories, based on real-life accounts, are built around the idiosyncratic relationships between patients and their doctors. Using humor, empathy and wisdom, Jonathan Waxman explores the very human side of cancer as well as providing expert commentary on the clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy of this disease. These stories comfort and entertain, inform and engage, and are a treat to read for anyone whose life has been affected by cancer.

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In the healing effort by the physician, there are high risk which cannot be eliminated. The risks can be in the form of loss suffered by physician or patient. According to loss suffered by patient, there are different opinion about physician's liability, as a consequences of medical action. One interesting discourse in this problem nowadays is the possibility of applying of UU No. 8 Tahun 1999 about Consumer Protection to physician-paticnt relationship. The purpose of the writing of this thesis was to discuss the discourse and to reveal how contractual terms between physician and patient in law and regulation in Indonesia, and how they implemented in some court decisions in Indonesia. The research use normatif yuridis type research, namely more related to research of bibliography steming to written law norms, either regulations or court decisions, by using primary and secondary data, including interview wherever needed. The data analysed by using analytical descriptive method, especially to describe, analyse, and explain the physician's liability regarding the contractual terms between physician-patient, to loss suffered by patient. From the analysis which had been done, it can be concluded that contractual terms between physician and patient were happened due to therapeutic-transaction or therapeutic-agreement and due to comand of law, namely zaakwarneming. In therapeutic-transaction or therapeutic-agreement the physician's duty is the healing effort, not the result Therefore therapeutic-agreement has the character of inpannmgverbintenis. One important factor in therapeutic-agreement is the informed-consent, that is the patient's agreement for the medical action after receiving proper information from the physician. In informed consent, given approval have to pursuant to information of physician concerning medical action to be conducted. In the case of loss suffered by patient, the physician's liability can be blamed if the physician can be blamed due to brake the standar operation procedure or the physician no execute its obligation, and the patient suffer a loss, and there is causality relation between those two (brake the standar operation procedure and patient's loss). Beside that, it was also found that physician's liability can ¿so be insist using UU No. 8 Tahun 1999 about Consumer Protection. In implementation, as analysed from court decisions collected for this thesis writing, there are differences in looking at physicians* liability. However, there are consideration of Judges which using fault based liability principle with presumption of negligence and presumption liability principle, base on 'res ispa loquitor' doctrine.

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This revision of a classic volume presents state-of-the-art reviews of established and emerging areas of communication science and provides an intellectual compass that points the way to future theorizing about communication processes. In this Second Edition of The Handbook of Communication Science, editors Charles R. Berger, Michael E. Roloff, and David Roskos-Ewoldsen bring together an impressive array of communication scholars to explore and synthesize the varying perspectives and approaches within the dynamic field of communication science. After first addressing the methods of research and the history of the field, the Handbook then examines the levels of analysis in communication (individual to macro-social), the functions of communication (such as socialization and persuasion), and the contexts in which communication occurs (such as couples, families, organizations, and mass media). Key Features: Draws on the scholarship and expertise of leading communication scholars who explore different aspects of the field Covers all facets of communication science, from the historical and theoretical to the practical and applied Covers the latest theoretical developments in the field, as well as alternative methodologies and levels of analysis Explores key communication contexts of the 21st century, including interpersonal dimensions of health communication, the scientific investigation of marital and family communication, and computer-mediated communication Includes incisive analyses, literature reviews, bibliographies, and suggestions for future research The Handbook of Communication Science, Second Edition, is an essential reference resource for scholars, practitioners, and students. It is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in Communication and Media Studies and Mass Communication.

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This casebook provides a set of cases that reveal the current complexity of medical decision-making, ethical reasoning, and communication at the end of life for hospitalized patients and those who care for and about them. End-of-life issues are a controversial part of medical practice and of everyday life. Working through these cases illuminates both the practical and philosophical challenges presented by the moral problems that surface in contemporary end-of-life care. Each case involved real people, with varying goals and constraints,who tried to make the best decisions possible under demanding conditions. Though there were no easy solutions, nor ones that satisfied all stakeholders, there are important lessons to be learned about the ways end-of-life care can continue to improve. This advanced casebook is a must-read for medical and nursing students, students in the allied health professions, health communication scholars, bioethicists, those studying hospital and public administration, as well as for practicing physicians and educators.