Practical decision making in health care ethics [electronic resource] : cases and concepts / Raymond J. Devettere.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 510 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 174.2 22
LOC classification:
  • R724 .D48 2010eb
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Contents:
What is ethics? -- Prudence and living a good life -- The language of health care ethics -- Making health care decisions -- Deciding for others -- Determining life and death -- Life-sustaining treatments -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Medical nutrition and hydration -- Reproductive issues -- Prenatal life -- Infants and children -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Medical research -- Transplantation -- Medical genetics -- Social and political issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What is ethics? -- Prudence and living a good life -- The language of health care ethics -- Making health care decisions -- Deciding for others -- Determining life and death -- Life-sustaining treatments -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Medical nutrition and hydration -- Reproductive issues -- Prenatal life -- Infants and children -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Medical research -- Transplantation -- Medical genetics -- Social and political issues.

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