عنوان

Three patients :

شابک

1461509394

شابک

9781461509394

شماره

b538509

عنوان اصلي

Three patients :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

international perspective on intensive care at the end of life

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by David Crippen, Jack K. Kilcullen, David F. Kelly.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Springer

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2002.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

(xvii, 275 pages :) : illustrations

متن يادداشت

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition originally published by Kluwer in 2002.

متن يادداشت

Overview --;Medical Futility in American Health Care --;Multinational Perspective on Treatment of the Three Patients --;Description of the Cases --;South Africa --;Australia --;United Kingdom --;India --;New Zealand --;The Netherlands --;Russia --;Hong Kong --;Israel --;Canada --;Urban United States --;Summaries of Medical Comments --;Patient A --;Is Treatment Worthwhile? --;Globalization of Critical Care --;A Multilevel Examination of a Critically I11 Patient --;Patient B --;The Decision-Making Process --;Should Patient B Receive Critical Care? --;The Yin and Yang of Critical Care: Utilitarianism Meets the Law of Supply and Demand --;Patient C --;Treatment of a "Classic" Intensive Care Unit Patient --;Should This Patient Be Admitted to a Critical Care Unit? --;Multiple Organ Failure and Intensive Care --;General Multidisciplinary Survey --;Discussion of the Medical Aspects of Futility --;Discussion of the Ethical Aspects of Futility --;Waiting for the Cavalry: The Role of the Courts in Recognizing Medical Futility --;Comments From Paramedical Providers --;End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit --;Advanced Medical Technology and End of Life: A Respiratory Care Practitioner's Perspective --;Medical Futility --;Afterword.

متن يادداشت

This volume explores how the scarce resources of intensive care units should be distributed. A multinational panel of experienced critical care physicians offers assessments of the patients' conditions and outlines approaches to treatment.

موضوع مستند نشده

Critical care medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.

موضوع مستند نشده

Euthanasia -- Cross-cultural studies.

موضوع مستند نشده

Right to die -- Cross-cultural studies.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

edited by David Crippen, Jack K. Kilcullen, David F. Kelly.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David Crippen

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David F Kelly

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jack K Kilcullen

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y