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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Main Author: Schneiderman, Lawrence J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford New York [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Therapy termination / Critical care medicine / Medical ethics
B Terminal care / Medical ethics
Further subjects: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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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0195339452