When doctors say No the battleground of medical futility
The medical situation is critical, even life-threatening. The doctor refuses to offer or to continue providing "futile" medical treatment. The patient, or the patient's family, insists that everything possible must be done. Who should decide? In this book, philosopher and bioethicist...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press
[1998]
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| Colección: | Medical ethics series
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004245709708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Whose Facts, Whose Values? An Overview of the Futility Debate
- 2. What Do People Mean by Futility? A Conceptual Analysis
- 3. A Question of Values: The Problem with Evaluative Futility
- 4. The Power of Positivist Thinking: The Problem with Physiologic Futility
- 5. After Futility: A Different Kind of Discourse
