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Wrong medicine doctors, patients, and futile treatment Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 230 p 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801898518
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.696
Contents:
Are doctors supposed to be doing this? -- Why it is hard to say no -- Why we must say no -- Families who say, do everything! -- Futility and rationing -- Medical futility in a litigious society -- Ethical implications of medical futility -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for patients -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for health professionals -- The high points : medical futility -- Medical futility : where do we stand now?
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4 Week Loan University Hospital Waterford St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny Open Shelves 610.696 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 032117
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Originally published: 1995

Includes bibliographical references and index

Are doctors supposed to be doing this? -- Why it is hard to say no -- Why we must say no -- Families who say, do everything! -- Futility and rationing -- Medical futility in a litigious society -- Ethical implications of medical futility -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for patients -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for health professionals -- The high points : medical futility -- Medical futility : where do we stand now?

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