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.