02701nam 2200577Ia 450 991078288070332120230721004954.00-19-770901-X1-281-98701-897866119870150-19-971614-5(CKB)1000000000718578(EBL)415987(OCoLC)476246255(SSID)ssj0000273026(PQKBManifestationID)11230165(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273026(PQKBWorkID)10312982(PQKB)11406489(Au-PeEL)EBL415987(CaPaEBR)ebr10288290(CaONFJC)MIL198701(MiAaPQ)EBC415987(EXLCZ)99100000000071857820080617d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe woman who decided to die[electronic resource] challenges and choices at the edges of medicine /Ronald MunsonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533101-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190).Contents; Prologue; ONE: The Woman Who Decided to Die; TWO: Like Leaving a Note; THREE: The Agents; FOUR: Unsuitable; FIVE: Nothing Personal; SIX: "He's Had Enough"; SEVEN: Not More Equal; EIGHT: The Last Thing You Can Do for Him; NINE: The Boy Who Was Addicted to Pain; TEN: It Seemed Like a Good Idea; Acknowledgments; Notes; About the AuthorAdvances in medical technology force us to struggle with new and often gut-wrenching decisions. How do we know when someone is dead and not just in a coma? Should a convicted felon qualify for a new heart? In The Woman Who Decided to Die, novelist and medical ethicist Ronald Munson takes readers to the very edges of medicine, where treatments fail and where people must cope with helplessness, mortality, and doubt. Using personal narratives that place us right next to doctors, patients, and care givers as they make decisions, Munson explores ten riveting case-based stories, told with a writer'sMedical ethicsCase studiesPhysician and patientMoral and ethical aspectsMedical ethicsPhysician and patientMoral and ethical aspects.174.2Munson Ronald1939-1584204MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782880703321The woman who decided to die3867841UNINA