Diana Crane

The Sanctity of Social Life

Physicians Treatment of Critically Ill Patients

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For years, speculation has been mounting among lawyers, church leaders, social scientists, and the general public over the question of prolongation of life and the critically ill patient's "right to die

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781138538405
• ISBN-10: 113853840X
• Artikelnr.: 50853358

Autorenporträt

Diana Crane

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Controversy and the Clinical Mentality
I: Criteria for Decision-Making
3: Decisions to Treat Critically Ill Patients
4: The Terminal Patient
5: Decision-Making Viewed Through Hospital Records
II: Sources of Variation Among Physicians
6: Context for Decision-Making
7: The Active Physician
8: Departmental Dynamics and the Development of New Medical Technology
9: Conclusion