Wrong medicine [electronic resource] : doctors, patients, and futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. 2015)Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 230 p. )Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421401089
- 1421401088
- 610.69/6 22
- R724 .S3936 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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