Book
Choosing life or death : a guide for patients, families, and professionals / William J. Winslade, Judith Wilson Ross.
Record details
- ISBN: 0029347203
- Physical Description: xvi, 268 pages ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Free Press ; [1986]
- Copyright: ©1986.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 260-262. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The context of choice -- 2. Kidney dialysis : catastrophic illness or national catastrophe? -- 3. The newly dead, the nearly dead, and the living dead : societal ambivalence toward death and dying -- 4. Genetic screening and counseling : remodeling the human race -- 5. The kindness of strangers : embryo transfer and surrogate mothers -- 6. Treating handicapped newborns : the fate of damaged goods -- 7. The tin woodsman was just the beginning : the intractable problems of organ transplantation -- 8. Research and experimental therapy : bone marrow transplantation and the cruelest death -- 9. A look forward : essential facts of health care financing |
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| Subject: | Medical ethics Medical personnel and patient Euthanasia |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | Philosophy WINSL1986 (Text) | 33892000027152 | Main Collection | Available | - |
