Embracing Our Mortality : Hard Choices in an Age of Medical Miracles.

While surveys show that most of us would prefer to die at home, 80% of us will die in a health care facility, many hooked up to machines and faced with tough decisions. When you, a family member, or a friend are in this situation, what should you do next? In Embracing Our Mortality, Dr. Lawrence J....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press, USA 2008.
Temas:
Advance directives (Medical care)
Patient refusal of treatment.
Right to die.
Terminal care > Decision making.
Treatment Refusal
Right to Die
Testament biologique.
Refus de traitement.
Droit à la mort.
Soins en phase terminale > Prise de décision.
Patient refusal of treatment
Right to die
Terminal care > Decision making
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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