Death or Disability?: The 'Carmentis Machine' and Decision-Making for Critically Ill Children

by Dominic Wilkinson

In ancient Rome parents would consult the priestess Carmentis shortly after birth to obtain prophecies of the future of their newborn infant. Today, parents and doctors of critically ill children consult a different oracle. Neuroimaging provides a vision of the child's future, particularly of
the nature and severity of any disability. Based on the results of brain scans and other tests doctors and parents face heart-breaking decisions about whether...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198799055
• ISBN13: 9780198799054
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"