Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts /
Devettere, Raymond J.
Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts / Raymond J. Devettere. - 3rd ed. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009. - xviii, 510 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
What is ethics? -- Prudence and living a good life -- The language of health care ethics -- Making health care decisions -- Deciding for others -- Determining life and death -- Life-sustaining treatments -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Medical nutrition and hydration -- Reproductive issues -- Prenatal life -- Neonatal life -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Medical research -- Transplantation -- Medical genetics -- Social and political issues.
9781589012516 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009009046
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics--Case studies.
Decision making.
R724 / .D48 2009
174.2
W 50 / D491p 2009
Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts / Raymond J. Devettere. - 3rd ed. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009. - xviii, 510 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
What is ethics? -- Prudence and living a good life -- The language of health care ethics -- Making health care decisions -- Deciding for others -- Determining life and death -- Life-sustaining treatments -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Medical nutrition and hydration -- Reproductive issues -- Prenatal life -- Neonatal life -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Medical research -- Transplantation -- Medical genetics -- Social and political issues.
9781589012516 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009009046
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics--Case studies.
Decision making.
R724 / .D48 2009
174.2
W 50 / D491p 2009