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Embracing our mortality

by Schneiderman, L. J.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford ; | New York :) Physical details: x, 219 p.
Subject(s): Terminal care -- Decision making. | Advance directives (Medical care) | Patient refusal of treatment. | Right to die. | Electronic books.
Year: 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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