Catastrophic Diseases: Who Decides What? / Edition 1

Catastrophic Diseases: Who Decides What? / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0878556869
ISBN-13:
9780878556861
Pub. Date:
09/30/1980
Publisher:
Transaction Publishers
ISBN-10:
0878556869
ISBN-13:
9780878556861
Pub. Date:
09/30/1980
Publisher:
Transaction Publishers
Catastrophic Diseases: Who Decides What? / Edition 1

Catastrophic Diseases: Who Decides What? / Edition 1

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Overview

An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices have to be made. The effort is an excellent example of research into, and therapy for, an important social process.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780878556861
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 09/30/1980
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

Table of Contents

1: Facts and Values; 1: Introduction to the Issues; 2: Analytical Framework; 3: The Role of Goals and Values; 4: The Development and Current Status of the Procedures; 2: Description of Participants— an Interactional Portrait; 5: The Authority and Capacity of Physician-Investigators; 6: The Authority and Capacity of Patient-Subjects; 7: The Authority and Capacity of Professional and Public Institutions; 3: Stages of Decisionmaking—Proposals and Recommendations; 8: The Formulation of Policy; 9: The Administration of Major Medical Interventions; 10: Review of Decisions and Consequences
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