Ethics at the Bedside / Edition 1

by Charles M. Culver

Overview

The life of an unconscious, terminally ill father is prolonged by his stubborn daughters over the advice of doctors. Parents of a permanently unconscious child deny the hopelessness of her condition for seven years until faced with having to care for her at home. A woman’s wish to die but still receive treatment for pain is at first not accepted by her doctor. These are a few of the scenarios described in this emotionally engaging and thought-provoking book. Physicians, philosophers, theologians, and a legal expert recount a dozen revealing stories about how moral decisions are made in modern hospitals. As the question of medical treatment moves from what is possible to what is proper, more and more people will face the issues raised in this book, whether as patients, relatives, or practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874516272
Publisher:	Dartmouth College Press
Publication date:	03/01/1993
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

CHARLES M. CULVER, recently chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH and a professor in psychiatry and medical ethics at Dartmouth College and in law at Vermont Law School, currently lives in Argentina. His involvement in numerous medical ethics projects there is helping to produce an inter-American dialogue and to shape the future of biomedical ethics in Latin America.

What People are Saying About This

Daniel Callahan

“A valuable book not only for people in the field of biomedical ethics, but for physicians, nurses, and a whole range of health care workers and administrators”

Editorial Reviews

Outstanding essays that the medical professional and intelligent lay reader will find both instructive and entertaining...This book has the potential for enriching every clinician’s practice [and] affirms the importance of ethics training in medical school and residency for all practitioners.”—Journal of the American Medical Association

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