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The Woman Who Decided to Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine 1st Edition

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Increasingly, recent medical advances blur distinctions between life and death, even between right and wrong in some instances. In an eminently accessible book, medical ethicist Munson pulls 10 morally complex cases from his professional experience, embellishes their bare bones with dialogue and characterization, and deconstructs their ethical intricacies. Should a young mother have the right to suspend all treatment for her fatal disease to spare her family personal and financial hardship? Should a convicted multiple murderer receive the same consideration for a heart transplant as a priest? How much patient confidentiality, if any, does a minor have a right to when consulting a psychiatrist? Is it coercive to deny a voluntary clinical trial participant the option of choosing which intervention, experimental drug or placebo, he or she will take? This is a slim volume despite tackling some thorny issues because Munson cuts right to the hearts of such questions and more, mincing no words and laying bare the hard-to-argue-with ethical points of each. --Donna Chavez

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"Munson provides a sympathetic, thought-provoking discussion of issues many of us will eventually face for ourselves, our patients, or our family members. There are no easy answers." --
Science-Based Medicine


"Ronald Munson's literary talents shine in
The Woman Who Decided to Die. The people who are forced to face these ethically charged decisions come to life, in contrast to the wooden case scenarios that are characteristic of the literature of medical ethics. All clinicians can profit from reading this book ... especially valuable for medical and nursing students and clinical trainees... Narrative medical ethics at its best."--The New England Journal of Medicine


"Munson's stories are captivating, and each ends with a lesson in medical ethics....illuminating...."--
Library Journal


"The engaging narrative shines as an outstanding example of medical literature, and the richness of the cases will provide ample fodder for anyone who is learning to move beyond informed opinion to develop a reasoned analysis and ethically based argument. This book should be a welcomed introductory text in courses in medical ethics and is broad enough to engross those with a general interest."--
Journal of Legal Medicine



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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (March 27, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019533101X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195331011
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.29 x 1.04 x 6.46 inches
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