Medical Futility: And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions

by Zucker/Zucker

Book Overview

This book surveys the clinical, ethical, religious, legal, economic and personal dimensions of decision making in situations when the choice is between extending costly medical treatment of uncertain effectiveness, or terminating treatment thereby ending the patient's life. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines offer perspectives on issues ranging from the definition of medical futility to the implications for care in various clinical settings,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521568773
• ISBN13: 9780521568777
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"