Speaking for the dying : life-and-death decisions in intensive care /

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them. For many of us, our biggest, life-and-death decisions - literally - will therefore be made by someone else. They will decide whether we live or die; betwe...

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Main Authors:	Shapiro, Susan P (Author), Shapiro, Susan P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019
Series:	Chicago series in law and society
Subjects:	Advance directives (Medical care) > Psychological aspects Advance directives (Medical care) Decision making Intensive care units Living wills Medical ethics Right to die > Moral and ethical aspects Right to die > ethics Terminal care > Decision making > Case studies Terminal care > Decision making Terminal care Terminally ill > Civil rights Terminally ill Advance Care Planning Advance Directives > psychology Advance Directives Ethics, Medical Intensive Care Units Living Wills Right to Die > ethics Terminal Care Terminally Ill Droit à la mort > Aspect moral Éthique médicale Malades en phase terminale > Droits Prise de décision Soins en phase terminale > Prise de décision > Études de cas Soins en phase terminale > Prise de décision Testament biologique > Aspect psychologique Testament biologique Unités de soins intensifs Entscheidung Entscheidungsprozess Intensivmedizin Lebensverlängerung Sterbebegleitung Tod decision making intensive care units Terminally Ill > psychology Decision Making Terminal Care > ethics Case Reports Case studies Études de cas

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