Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life : Real Cases, Real Dilemmas /: Real Cases, Real Dilemmas. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Lori A. Roscoe, David P. Schenck.
• Authors: Roscoe, Lori A; Schenck, David P
• Contents: Preface -- Recommended References for Beginners -- Section I -- Beginnings/Endings: Complex Issues with Pregnancy, Newborns, and Young Children -- Case 1 Does the Nearness of Death Diminish the Value of a Life-- Case 2 When Cultures Collide and a Newborn Almost Dies -- Case 3 When the Family Wont Decide -- Case 4 Aggressive Treatment for a Childs Inoperable Tumor -- Case 5 Is There Life After DeathA Case of Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval -- Section II -- Decision-making: Families in the Mix -- Case 6 What is the Standard of Care for a Corpse-- Case 7 When the Palliative Care Team Got Fired -- Case 8 A Young Womans Wish to Die -- Case 9 When Parents Contest an Adult Childs Advance Directive -- Case 10 Please Stop Torturing Me Unless my Wife is in the Room! -- Case 11 Who Should Make Treatment Decisions for a Battered Spouse-- Section III -- Autonomy and other Ideals: Balancing Benefits and Burdens -- Case 12 Something More Important than Life -- Case 13 Are There Limits on Futile Care for Patients in the U.S. Illegally-- Case 14 To Treat ... or Not to Treat? -- Case 15 A Patients Right to Treatment (and a Physicians Right to Refuse) -- Case 16 A Depressed Caregiver Neglects His Own Health -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (XXII, 199 pages)
• Subjects: 179.7; Philosophy; Medical ethics; Medical ethics -- Case studies; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social medicine; Bioethics; Bioethics; Medical education; Medicine; Philosophy; Terminal Care -- ethics; Philosophy; Bioethics; Medicine/Public Health, general; Medical Education; Medical -- General; Education -- General; Medicine: general issues; Teaching of a specific subject; Medicine; Medical Education; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Bio-ethics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319709208; 3319709208
• Related ISBNs: 3319709194; 9783319709192
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