a casebook in medical ethics John M. Freeman Additional Author mixed material bibliography New York Oxford University Press 1987 monographic en English

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Tough Decisions presents many of the complex medical-ethical issues likely to confront practitioners in critical situations. Through fictional but true-to-life cases, vividly described in clinical terms, the authors force the reader to choose among different courses of action and to confront a range of possible consequences. A two-year-old has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Who should be allowed to make decisions about the child's surgery and subsequent therapy, and on what basis? A family history of Huntington's disease emerges when a fiancee seeks genetic counseling. Who should be informed? An elderly patient suffers a cardiac arrest. Should "do-not-resuscitate" orders always be followed? How should legal liability affect medical decisions? 174.20195042565 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 174.2 Fre t E98027046 Non Fiction 174.2 Fre t book_1.jpg 46930 2014-12-09 10:16:07 2024-11-08 17:23:18 machine generated