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Roscoe, Lori Aauthor

1st ed. 2017.

1 online resource (XXII, 199 pages)

Preface -- Recommended References for Beginners -- Section I -- Beginnings/Endings: Complex Issues with Pregnancy, Newborns, and Young Children -- Case 1 - Does the Nearness of Death Diminish the Value of a Life? -- Case 2 - When Cultures Collide and a Newborn Almost Dies -- Case 3 - When the Family Won't Decide -- Case 4 - Aggressive Treatment for a Child's Inoperable Tumor -- Case 5 - Is There Life After Death? A Case of Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval -- Section II -- Decision-making: Families in the Mix -- Case 6 - What is the Standard of Care for a Corpse? -- Case 7 - When the Palliative Care Team Got Fired -- Case 8 - A Young Woman's Wish to Die -- Case 9 - When Parents Contest an Adult Child's Advance Directive -- Case 10 - Please Stop Torturing Me - Unless my Wife is in the Room! -- Case 11 - Who Should Make Treatment Decisions for a Battered Spouse? -- Section III -- Autonomy and other Ideals: Balancing Benefits and Burdens -- Case 12 - Something More Important than Life -- Case 13 - Are There Limits on Futile Care for Patients in the U.S. Illegally? -- Case 14 - To Treat . or Not to Treat? -- Case 15 - A Patient's Right to Treatment (and a Physician's Right to Refuse) -- Case 16 - A Depressed Caregiver Neglects His Own Health -- Conclusion.

Schenck, David P