Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

Catastrophic Diseases

Who Decides What?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices have to be made. The effort is an excellent example of research into, and therapy for, an important social process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780878556861
• ISBN-10: 0878556869
• Artikelnr.: 21374511

Autorenporträt

Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

Inhaltsangabe

1: Facts and Values
1: Introduction to the Issues
2: Analytical Framework
3: The Role of Goals and Values
4: The Development and Current Status of the Procedures
2: Description of Participants- an Interactional Portrait
5: The Authority and Capacity of Physician-Investigators
6: The Authority and Capacity of Patient-Subjects
7: The Authority and Capacity of Professional and Public Institutions
3: Stages of Decisionmaking-Proposals and Recommendations
8: The Formulation of Policy
9: The Administration of Major Medical Interventions
10: Review of Decisions and Consequences