Embracing our mortality : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / Lawrence J. Schneiderman.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: x, 219 p. ; 19 cmISBN:- 9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 179.7 22
- R726.8 .S3384 2008
- 2008 C-421
- WB 310
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.