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Making sense of advance directives
- Title
- Making sense of advance directives / Nancy M.P. King.
- Author
- King, Nancy M. P.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | R726 .K5 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 286 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Clinical medical ethics
- Uniform Title
- Clinical medical ethics (Washington, D.C.)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Treatment Refusal and the Patient's Choice: Foundations in History, Law, and Ethics -- 3. The Future Factor: The Conceptual Foundations of Advance Directives -- 4. Advance Directives: Current Forms, Legal Fears, Moral Goals -- 5. Directions for Decision: When Documents Don't Do It All -- 6. The Forecast for Advance Directives: Indispensable or Superfluous? -- Appendix: Advance Directive Statutes, State-by-State and Federal Listings.
- ISBN
- 0878406050 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95042746
- OCLC
- 33243225
- ocm33243225
- SCSB-4779863
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries