In recent years the question of when to terminate life-extending medical treatments has become a thorny social issue. Douglas Walton has brought together a number of these case studies and analyzed the very difficult issues they raise.
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“Very good introduction to ethical issues raised in Intensive Care Units (ICU) surrounding decisions of whether to continue or stop medical treatments. Written by a philosopher and known author on these issues, this volume covers common ethical theories, definitions of death illustrated with legal cases, the concept of decision making for or against continuing medical treatment in ICUs, and the patient, family, and physician as potential decision makers in such situations.”–Choice
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apallic syndrome, neocortical death, vegetative coma, cerebral death, physician decision making, anoxic brain damage, grave burden, autonomous decision maker, brain death, bedside nurse, defining death, substituted judgment, patient decision making, vegetative conditions, extraordinary treatment, letting die, irreversible cessation, patient autonomy, stopping therapy, irreversible destruction, active therapy, gastrointestinal bleed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Devereau, Brother Fox, Attending Notes, Karen Quinlan, New York, Doris Bruner, Nephrology Notes, Captain Oates, Joseph Saikewicz, Resident's Notes, Hastings Center Report, John Stuart Mill, Father Eichner, Gavin Kydon, Immanuel Kant, Massachusetts Supreme Court, Neurology Consultation, Supreme Court of New Jersey New!
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Miss Devereau, Brother Fox, Attending Notes, Karen Quinlan, New York, Doris Bruner, Nephrology Notes, Captain Oates, Joseph Saikewicz, Resident's Notes, Hastings Center Report, John Stuart Mill, Father Eichner, Gavin Kydon, Immanuel Kant, Massachusetts Supreme Court, Neurology Consultation, Supreme Court of New Jersey New!
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