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The Lazarus case : life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care / John D. Lantos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lantos, John D.
- Series:
- Medicine & culture.
- Medicine & culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neonatal intensive care--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Neonatal intensive care.
- Physicians--Malpractice.
- Physicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume, John Lantos weaves a story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. He draws on his experience in neonatal medicine, paediatrics and medical ethics to explore ethical dilemmas through one poignant representative situation.
- Contents:
- Somebody will pay
- Passing out in the NICU
- Learning about death and dying
- Standards of care
- Prognostication and futility
- Consent, communication, shared decision making
- Getting paid
- Home births
- Mistakes in context
- Closing argument.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7637-0
- OCLC:
- 923191278
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