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" -- 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 w...

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Autor principal: Schneiderman, Lawrence J.
Altres autors: Lawrence J. Schneiderman
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicat: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2008
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Sumari:Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- 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 may all have to make
Descripció física:x, 219 p.
19 cm
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0195339452
9780195339451