Schneiderman, L. J. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007031635 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101313172  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terminal care--Decision making.<br/>Advance directives (Medical care)<br/>Patient refusal of treatment.<br/>Right to die.<br/>Terminal Care--ethics.<br/>Advance Directives.<br/>Bioethical Issues.<br/>Medical Futility.<br/>Right to Die--ethics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.8  / .S3384 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>179.7 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2008 C-421 WB 310  / S3595e 2008