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245 14 a| The good doctor :b| a father, a son, and the evolution of medical ethics /c| Barron H. Lerner, MD.;

264 1 a| Boston :b| Beacon Press,c| [2014];

300 a| xv, 223 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| The first Dr. Lerner -- Super doctor -- Illness hits home -- The second Dr. Lerner -- Forging my own path -- Treating the whole patient -- Family practitioner -- Growing disillusionment -- Slowing down -- Epilogue.;

520 a| As a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospital's ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But in the mid-1990s, his father, an infectious diseases physician, told him a stunning story: he had physically placed his body over an end-stage patient who had stopped breathing, preventing his colleagues from performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even though CPR was the ethically and legally accepted thing to do. Over the next few years, the senior Dr. Lerner tried to speed the deaths of his seriously ill mother and mother-in-law to spare them further suffering. ... As his father slowly died of Parkinson's disease, Barron Lerner faced these questions both personally and professionally. He found himself being pulled into his dad's medical care, even though he had criticized his father for making medical decisions for his relatives. Did playing God--at least in some situations--actually make sense? Did doctors sometimes "know best"? A timely and compelling story of one family's engagement with medicine over the last half century, The Good Doctor is an important book for those who treat illness.and those who struggle to overcome it.--cover.;

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The good doctor : a father, a son, and the evolution of medical ethics / Barron H. Lerner, MD.

Author/creator	Lerner, Barron H.
Format	Book
Publication	Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
Description	xv, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Lerner, Barron H. Lerner, Phillip I., 1932-2012. Physicians--Professional ethics. Medical ethics. Medical care--Decision making. Ethics, Medical. Decision Making. Physicians.

Contents	The first Dr. Lerner -- Super doctor -- Illness hits home -- The second Dr. Lerner -- Forging my own path -- Treating the whole patient -- Family practitioner -- Growing disillusionment -- Slowing down -- Epilogue.
Abstract	As a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospital's ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But in the mid-1990s, his father, an infectious diseases physician, told him a stunning story: he had physically placed his body over an end-stage patient who had stopped breathing, preventing his colleagues from performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even though CPR was the ethically and legally accepted thing to do. Over the next few years, the senior Dr. Lerner tried to speed the deaths of his seriously ill mother and mother-in-law to spare them further suffering. ... As his father slowly died of Parkinson's disease, Barron Lerner faced these questions both personally and professionally. He found himself being pulled into his dad's medical care, even though he had criticized his father for making medical decisions for his relatives. Did playing God--at least in some situations--actually make sense? Did doctors sometimes "know best"? A timely and compelling story of one family's engagement with medicine over the last half century, The Good Doctor is an important book for those who treat illness.and those who struggle to overcome it.--cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2013048242
ISBN	9780807033401 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807033405 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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