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200 14$aThe woman who decided to die$b[electronic resource] $echallenges and choices at the edges of medicine /$fRonald Munson
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (218 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190).
327   $aContents; 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 Author
330   $aAdvances 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's
606   $aMedical ethics$vCase studies
606   $aPhysician and patient$xMoral and ethical aspects
615  0$aMedical ethics
615  0$aPhysician and patient$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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