Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 219 p. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Schneiderman, L. J. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Embracing our mortality |h [electronic resource] : |b hard choices in an age of medical miracles / |c Lawrence J. Schneiderman. |
| 260 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 219 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Terminal care |x Decision making. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Advance directives (Medical care) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Patient refusal of treatment. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Right to die. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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