Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Main Authors: Schneiderman, L. J., Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld
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Language:eng
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
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spelling KOHA-OAI-TEST:4784412020-12-19T17:17:38ZWrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Schneiderman, L. J. Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,2011engIncludes bibliographical references and indexAre 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?PSZJBLMedical ethicsSurgery, UnnecessaryMedicineURN:ISBN:9780801898501 (hbk.)
spellingShingle Medical ethics
Surgery, Unnecessary
Medicine
Schneiderman, L. J.
Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld
Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title_full Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title_fullStr Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title_full_unstemmed Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title_short Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment /
title_sort wrong medicine doctors patients and futile treatment
topic Medical ethics
Surgery, Unnecessary
Medicine
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