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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“...A well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians.”–Journal of the American Medical Association
“Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. Ethics of Withdrawal of Life Support Systems is not meant as a treatise on the morality of withdrawing medical treatment. Instead, through careful analysis, replete with examples, Walton offers communications and discourse as the proper processes for this type of decision making. The book is an important contribution to the literatue of life-support withdrawal. It is highly recommended.”–Probate Law Journal
“Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. Ethics of Withdrawal of Life Support Systems is not meant as a treatise on the morality of withdrawing medical treatment. Instead, through careful analysis, replete with examples, Walton offers communications and discourse as the proper processes for this type of decision making. The book is an important contribution to the literatue of life-support withdrawal. It is highly recommended.”–
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Ethics in the twentieth century and traditionally has been studied in university departments of philosophy mainly as an abstract and theoretical discipline. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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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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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