Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making - Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions (Paperback)

Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment are contentious, and offer difficult moral dilemmas to both medical practitioners and the judiciary. This issue is exacerbated when the patient is unable to exercise autonomy and is entirely dependent on the will of others. This book focuses on the legal and ethical complexities surrounding end of life decisions for critically impaired and extremely premature infants. Neera Bhatia explores decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment from critically impaired infants and addresses the controversial question, which lives are too expensive to treat? Bringing to bear such key issues as clinical guidance, public awareness, and resource allocation, the book provides a rational approach to end of life decision making, where decisions to withdraw or withhold treatment may trump other competing interests. The book will be of great interest and use to scholars and students of bioethics, medical law, and medical practitioners.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2015
Authors:	Neera Bhatia
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-70477-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > General issues > Medicolegal issues Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Euthanasia
LSN:	1-138-70477-6
Barcode:	9781138704770

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