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Medical Futility: And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions

By Marjorie B. Zucker , Howard D. Zucker , Alexander Morgan Capron

Book information

Year
1997
ISBN
9780511530227, 0521568773, 0521560209, 0511530226, 9780521560207, 9780521568777
LCC
R726 .M36 1997
Open Library ID
OL1006256M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1055276 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
220\219
Topic
Medicine
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume surveys the clinical, ethical, religious, legal, economic, and personal dimensions of decision making in situations when the choice is either to extend costly medical treatment of uncertain effectiveness, or to terminate treatment, thereby ending the patient's life. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines offer perspectives on issues ranging from the definition of medical futility to the implications for care in various clinical settings, including intensive care, neonatal and pediatric practice and nursing homes. An important contribution toward the more humane and consistent handling of these situations, Medical Futility will be obligatory reading for health care professionals, students, and scholars concerned with ethical standards in medical care.

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