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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 230 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801898501 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
  • 0801898501 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780801898518 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 080189851X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.69/6 22
LOC classification:
  • R724 .S3936 2011
NLM classification:
  • W 50
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?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

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