Research Catalog

Title

Resolving disputes over life sustaining treatment : a health care provider's guide / Thomas L. Hafemeister and Paula L. Hannaford, with the Greenwall Coordinating Council.

Author

Hafemeister, Thomas L.

Publication

Williamsburg, Va. : National Center for State Courts, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Hannaford-Agor, Paula.
• Greenwall Coordinating Council.

Description

xviii, 152; 23 cm.

Subject

• Greenwall Coordinating Council
• National Center for State Courts (NCSC)
• Right to Die
• Decision Making, Organizational
• Life Support Care
• Ethics, Medical
• Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
• Right to die > Law and legislation > United States
• Euthanasia > United States
• Life support systems (Critical care) > Moral and ethical aspects
• United States

Genre/Form

• Legislation
• Legislation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-143) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Overview of the decision making process. Principles of decision making -- Patient decision making -- Surrogate decision making -- Who should be the surrogate? -- Which decision and why? -- Applying the principles of decision making. 2. Sources of disagreements. 3. Preventing and resolving disagreements. Effective communication -- Magaging the environment -- Roles of the participants -- Complicating issues. 4. The roles and reponsibilities of ethics committees and consultants. Responsibilities of the health care organization -- Responsibilities of the ethics committee or consultant. 5. Judicial involvement in disputes. The proper role of the courts in the decision making process -- The proper role of health care providers during litigation.

ISBN

• 0896561674
• 08965621674 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^^96070341^

OCLC

35968770

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library