Medical Futility - And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions (Paperback, New)

This volume surveys the clinical, ethical, religious, legal, economic, and personal dimensions of decision making in situations when the choice is either to extend costly medical treatment of uncertain effectiveness, or to terminate treatment, thereby ending the patient's life. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines offer perspectives on issues ranging from the definition of medical futility to the implications for care in various clinical settings, including intensive care, neonatal and pediatric practice and nursing homes. An important contribution toward the more humane and consistent handling of these situations, Medical Futility will be obligatory reading for health care professionals, students, and scholars concerned with ethical standards in medical care.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Marjorie B. Zucker • Howard D. Zucker
Foreword by:	Alexander Morgan Capron
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	220
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56877-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics
LSN:	0-521-56877-3
Barcode:	9780521568777

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