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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983
Subjects:
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
Right to die > Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
Newborn infants > Diseases > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Medical laws and legislation > United States
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Table of Contents:
  • The setting of the report
  • The elements of good decisionmaking
  • Additional constraints on a patient's decision
  • Patients who lack decisionmaking capacity
  • Patients with permanent loss of consciousness
  • Seriously ill newborns
  • Resuscitation decisions for hospitalized patients

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