Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker.

Author/creator Schneiderman, L. J.
Other author Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
Description[xiii], 230 pages
Subjects

Contents Are doctors supposed to be doing this? -- Why it is hard to say no -- Why we must say no -- Families who say, do everything! -- Futility and rationing -- Medical futility in a litigious society -- Ethical implications of medical futility -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for patients -- The way it is now/the way it ought to be : for health professionals -- The high points : medical futility -- Medical futility : where do we stand now?.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010025984
ISBN9780801898501 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801898501 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801898518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080189851X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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