Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment : a report on the ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment decisions

Author(s)

• United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Bibliographic Information

Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment : a report on the ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment decisions

President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

University Press of the Pacific, c2006

Note

Reprinted from the1983 edition

Includes bibliographical references and index

Details

• NCID: BA86417097
• ISBN:
  • 1410225348
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu, Hawaii
• Pages/Volumes: 554 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R726
  • DC19 : 362.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Infants (Newborn) -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Medical ethics
  • LCSH : Medical laws and legislation -- United States
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical -- United States
  • MESH : Euthanasia
  • MESH : Terminal Care