Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts /

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Author / Creator:Devettere, Raymond.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1995.
Description:xix, 487 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2606945
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ISBN:0878405895 (cloth : alk. paper)
0878405941 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What Is Ethics?
  • 2. Prudence and Living A Good Life
  • 3. The Language of Health Care Ethics
  • 4. Making Health Care Decisions
  • 5. Deciding for Others
  • 6. Determining Life and Death
  • 7. Life-Sustaining Treatments
  • 8. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • 9. Medical Nutrition and Hydration
  • 10. Reproductive Issues
  • 11. Prenatal Life
  • 12. Neonatal Life
  • 13. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
  • 14. Medical Research
  • 15. Transplantation.