Practical decision making in health care ethics cases and concepts /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devettere, Raymond J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of 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.