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Wrong medicine doctors, patients, and futile treatment

Title
Wrong medicine [electronic resource] : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker.
Author
Schneiderman, L. J.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 230 p.)
Uniform Title
Wrong medicine (Online)
Alternative Title
Wrong medicine (Online)
Subject
  • Medical ethics
  • Surgery, Unnecessary
  • Medicine > Decision making
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.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Jecker, Nancy Ann Silbergeld.
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