Embracing our mortality: hard choices in an age of medical miracles
Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it clear and convincing, and lawyers and judges (and politicians!) get involved -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
WorldCat: | WorldCat |
Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Publié: |
Oxford New York [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2008
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Dans: | Année: 2008 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Interruption de la thérapie
/ Médecine intensive
/ Éthique médicale
B Euthanasie / Éthique médicale |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Terminal Care
Decision making
B Patient refusal of treatment B Right to die B Right to die ethics B Advance directives (Medical care) B Bioethical Issues B Medical Futility B Terminal Care ethics B Advance Directives |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
Résumé: | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it clear and convincing, and lawyers and judges (and politicians!) get involved -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we probably will all have to make |
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Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Description matérielle: | X, 219 S. |
ISBN: | 0195339452 |