The Sanctity of Social Life

Physicians Treatment of Critically Ill Patients

Diana Crane (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

1977
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-87855-648-9 (ISBN)

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For years, speculation has been mounting among lawyers, church leaders, social scientists, and the general public over the question of prolongation of life and the critically ill patient's "right to die." But what is the physician's attitude toward this controversial subject? Under what conditions does a doctor battle to save the life of the patient, and when does he decide to withdraw medical treatment and allow death to occur? The answers to these questions form the basis of this book, a fascinating examination of the nature of death and dying, as seen from the physician' point of view.

Diana Crane

1: Introduction; 2: Controversy and the Clinical Mentality; I: Criteria for Decision-Making; 3: Decisions to Treat Critically Ill Patients; 4: The Terminal Patient; 5: Decision-Making Viewed Through Hospital Records; II: Sources of Variation Among Physicians; 6: Context for Decision-Making; 7: The Active Physician; 8: Departmental Dynamics and the Development of New Medical Technology; 9: Conclusion

Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-87855-648-6 / 0878556486
ISBN-13	978-0-87855-648-9 / 9780878556489
Zustand	Neuware