Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment

by Lawrence J. Schneiderman, Nancy S. Jecker, Lawrence J. Schneiderman MD

Book Overview

Too often, patients in American hospitals are subjected to painful, expensive, and futile treatments because of a physician's notion of medical duty or a family's demands. Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker renew their call for common sense and realistic expectations in medicine in this revised and updated edition of Wrong Medicine.

Written by a physician and a philosopher--both internationally recognized experts in medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080189851X
• ISBN13: 9780801898518
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"