Tough decisions : cases in medical ethics / John M. Freeman and Kevin McDonnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, John M. (John Mark), author.

McDonnell, Kevin, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics--Case studies.

Medical ethics.

Clinical medicine--Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.

Clinical medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tough Decisions places readers in realistic composites of cases the authors have actually seen or managed where they must make tough medical decisions.

Contents:

Contents; A Note to the Reader; PART I-DEATH AND DYING; Chapter 1. Maggie; Chapter 2. Jill; Chapter 3. Ed Martinez; PART II-ADULTHOOD; Chapter 4. Leon; Chapter 5. Ms. Williams; Chapter 6 Wanda; Chapter 7. The Maxistop Study; PART III-CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE; Chapter 8. Joey, Jessica, Roger, Tom, and Marti; Chapter 9. Marti Revisited; Chapter 10. Tom Revisited; Chapter 11. Billy; Chapter 12. The Castelli Baby; Chapter 13. Christie; PART IV-CONCEPTION AND GESTATION; Chapter 14. The Harrisons' Plans; Chapter 15. The Smyth Saga; Chapter 16. The Perfect Rexford

PART V-HEALTH CARE REFORM AND ETHICAL THEORYChapter 17. Affordable Health Care; Chapter 18. Ethical Theory and Medical Ethics; Chapter 19. Making Moral Decisions: A Process Approach

Notes:

Previous edition: 1987.

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028237-1

0-19-770910-9

0-19-975966-9

1-280-76051-6

9786610760510

OCLC:

923712632