Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles /
Schneiderman, L. J.
Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / Lawrence J. Schneiderman. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 219 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007031635
101313172 DNLM
Terminal care--Decision making.
Advance directives (Medical care)
Patient refusal of treatment.
Right to die.
Terminal Care--ethics.
Advance Directives.
Bioethical Issues.
Medical Futility.
Right to Die--ethics.
R726.8 / .S3384 2008
179.7
2008 C-421 WB 310 / S3595e 2008
Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / Lawrence J. Schneiderman. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 219 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007031635
101313172 DNLM
Terminal care--Decision making.
Advance directives (Medical care)
Patient refusal of treatment.
Right to die.
Terminal Care--ethics.
Advance Directives.
Bioethical Issues.
Medical Futility.
Right to Die--ethics.
R726.8 / .S3384 2008
179.7
2008 C-421 WB 310 / S3595e 2008