The sanctity of social life : physicians' treatment of critically ill patients

著者

• Crane, Diana

書誌事項

The sanctity of social life : physicians' treatment of critically ill patients

Diana Crane

Transaction Books, [1977], c1975

1st paperback ed. with new pref

• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. 271-277

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

• 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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA07600542
• ISBN:
  • 0878556486
• LCCN: 77080862
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New Brunswick, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xx, 285 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : R726.8
  • DC : 174/.24
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Terminal care -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Critical care medicine -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Critical care medicine -- Decision making
  • LCSH : Physicians -- Psychology