- Additional Authors
- Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 230 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Wrong medicine (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Wrong medicine (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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?
- LCCN
- 2010025984
- OCLC
- ssj0000606813
- Author
Schneiderman, L. J.
- Title
Wrong medicine [electronic resource] : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker.
- Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Edition
2nd ed.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.