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Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts / Raymond J. Devettere.
- Title
- Practical decision making in health care ethics : cases and concepts / Raymond J. Devettere.
- Author
- Devettere, Raymond J.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | R724 .D48 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 510 p.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- What is ethics? -- Prudence and living a good life -- The language of health care ethics -- Making health care decisions -- Deciding for others -- Determining life and death -- Life-sustaining treatments -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Medical nutrition and hydration -- Reproductive issues -- Prenatal life -- Infants and children -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Medical research -- Transplantation -- Medical genetics -- Social and political issues.
- ISBN
- 9781589012516 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1589012518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009009046
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries