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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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Oxford New York [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2008
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| In: | Jahr: 2008 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Therapieabbruch
/ Intensivmedizin
/ Medizinische Ethik
B Sterbehilfe / Medizinische Ethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | 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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0195339452 |