The Lazarus case : life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care /

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In this volume, John Lantos weaves a story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. He draws on his experience in neonatal medicine, paediatrics and medical ethics to explore ethical dilemmas through one poignant representative situation.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lantos, John D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001.
Series:Medicine & culture.
Subjects:
Neonatal intensive care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Physicians > Malpractice.
Decision making.
Medical ethics.
Infants.
Intensive Care, Neonatal > legislation & jurisprudence
Decision Making
Ethics, Medical
Infant
Intensive Care, Neonatal > standards
Resuscitation Orders > legislation & jurisprudence
Nouveau-nés > Soins intensifs > Aspect moral.
Médecins > Responsabilité professionnelle.
Prise de décision.
Éthique médicale.
Nourrissons.
decision making.
infants.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Medical ethics
Infants
Decision making
Neonatal intensive care > Moral and ethical aspects
Physicians > Malpractice
Intensivmedizin
Medizinische Ethik
Neugeborenes
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Somebody will pay
  • Passing out in the NICU
  • Learning about death and dying
  • Standards of care
  • Prognostication and futility
  • Consent, communication, shared decision making
  • Getting paid
  • Home births
  • Mistakes in context
  • Closing argument.

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