The Sanctity of Social Life: Physicians Treatment of Critically Ill Patients

ISBN-13: 9781138538405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 286 str.

Diana Crane

Opis

For years, speculation has been mounting among lawyers, church leaders, social scientists, and the general public over the question of prolongation of life and the critically ill patient's "right to die

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Controversy and the Clinical Mentality; I: Criteria for Decision-Making; 3: Decisions to Treat Critically Ill Patients; 4: The Terminal Patient; 5: Decision-Making Viewed Through Hospital Records; II: Sources of Variation Among Physicians; 6: Context for Decision-Making; 7: The Active Physician; 8: Departmental Dynamics and the Development of New Medical Technology; 9: Conclusion

O autorze

Diana Crane