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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Oxford New York [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2008
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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 |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0195339452 |