TY - BOOK AU - Melia,Kath M. TI - Health care ethics: lessons from intensive care SN - 9780761971443 (cased) : AV - R724 .M355 2004 U1 - 174.2 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Medical ethics KW - Ethics, Clinical KW - Intensive Care Units KW - ethics KW - Critical Care KW - Life Support Care KW - Withholding Treatment KW - Ethical Analysis KW - Medical Futility KW - Palliative Care KW - Patient Admission KW - Patient Care Team KW - Persistent Vegetative State KW - Personhood N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This text examines the way ethical dilemmas are played out in everyday clinical practice and argues for an approach to ethical decision making which focuses more patient needs than competing professional interests ER -