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Medical Futility: And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions
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. Search and download Medical Futility: And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions for free 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 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. *Author: Zucker, Marjorie B./ Zucker, Marhorie B./ Zucker, Marjorie B. *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 220 *Publication Date: 1997/03/13 *Language: English *Dimensions: 9.01 x 6.04 x 0.41 inches
Free Medical Futility: A Cross-National Study (Hardcover)
Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application. There are few books on the subject, and those in existence mostly focus on the situation in the United States. This title, however, provides extensive international perspectives on medical futility.This book will benefit healthcare professionals as well as health policy makers around the world. It allows them to see how different countries approach the issue of medical futility and their experiences in dealing with this issue. The complexity of the issue, and in particular how some countries innov
Medical Futility And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions, ISBN-13: 9780521568777, ISBN-10: 0521568773
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