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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Oxford New York [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2008
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| Em: | Ano: 2008 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Interrupção da terapia
/ Medicina intensiva
/ Ética médica
B Eutanásia / Ética médica |
| Outras palavras-chave: | 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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| Resumo: | 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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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0195339452 |