Embracing our mortality hard choices in an age of medical miracles /

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Autor principal: Schneiderman, L. J.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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  • 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.