Wrong medicine : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker.
By: Schneiderman, L. J.
Contributor(s): Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 230 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780801898501 (hardcover : acidfree paper); 9780801898518 (pbk. : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Medical ethics | Surgery, Unnecessary | Medicine -- Decision making | Ethics, Medical | Medical FutilityGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 610.69/6| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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?