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Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / Lawrence J. Schneiderman.

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: x, 219 p. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.7 22
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .S3384 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2008 C-421
  • WB 310
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks R726.8 .S3384 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001039576

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.

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