Life and Death Decision Making

by Baruch A. Brody

Book Overview

Integrating theory with realistic case studies, this book examines the practical application of moral theory in clinical decision-making. With forty composite cases based on actual clinical experiences, the author describes key moral problems raised by modern medicine. He then demonstrates how these dilemmas can be resolved using a problem-solving framework termed pluralistic casuistry. This approach is pluralistic in that it accepts the relevance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019505007X
• ISBN13: 9780195050073
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"