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Author Schneiderman, L. J.

Title Embracing our mortality [electronic resource] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / Lawrence J. Schneiderman.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 219 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Terminal care -- Decision making.
Advance directives (Medical care)
Patient refusal of treatment.
Right to die.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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