Embracing our mortality [[electronic resource] ] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman |
Autore | Schneiderman L. J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Decision making
Advance directives (Medical care) Patient refusal of treatment Right to die |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-54362-8
9786612543623 0-19-971315-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456500903321 |
Schneiderman L. J
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embracing our mortality [[electronic resource] ] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman |
Autore | Schneiderman L. J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Decision making
Advance directives (Medical care) Patient refusal of treatment Right to die |
ISBN |
1-282-54362-8
9786612543623 0-19-971315-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781177403321 |
Schneiderman L. J
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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