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Embracing our mortality, hard choices in an age of medical miracles, Lawrence J. Schneiderman

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Embracing our mortality, hard choices in an age of medical miracles, Lawrence J. Schneiderman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Embracing our mortality
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
162143312
Responsibility statement
Lawrence J. Schneiderman
Sub title
hard choices in an age of medical miracles
Summary
While surveys show that most of us would prefer to die at home, 80% of us will die in a health care facility, many hooked up to machines and faced with tough decisions. When you, a family member, or a friend are in this situation, what should you do next? Here, a leading expert on medical ethics at the end of life urges all of us, including health care professionals, to face these decisions with sensitivity and realism informed by both the latest medical evidence as well as the oldest humanistic visions. Dr. Schneiderman demonstrates the wisdom of this approach by interweaving true stories of his patients, current empirical research in care at the end of life, and displays of the power of empathy and imagination as embodied in the work of writers like Tolstoy and Chekhov
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Facts, statistics, empathy and imagination -- Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: What can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make -- Appendices. "Unknown girl in the maternity ward" / Ann Sexton -- "Spring and all" / William Carlos Williams -- UCSD Medical Center policy and procedures: Limitation of life-sustaining treatment
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