Embracing Our Mortality: Hard Choices in an Age of Medical Miracles
Oxford University Press (2008)
| Abstract | 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. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Terminal care Decision making Advance directives (Medical care Patient refusal of treatment Right to die Terminal Care ethics Advance Directives Bioethical Issues Medical Futility Right to Die ethics | |||||||||
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| Call number | R726.8.S3384 2008 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780195339451 0195339452 | |||||||||
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