Drawing the Line Life, Death, and Ethical Choices in an American Hospital
Innbundet /
1991
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780195044287
Published
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
427 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
146 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
224
Author
Biographical note
OUP author of Doctors' DilemmasI could not say that it is a duty of everyone to read this book, but they will miss a considerable pleasure if they do not. In particular, it is the sort of book that any health care student would find illuminating to read before venturing onto the wards.
Bulletin of Medical Ethics
Philosopher Samuel Gorovitz spent seven weeks at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital observing life at one of the nation's premier teaching hospitals. In Drawing the Line, Gorovitz provides an intense, disturbing, and insightful account of his observations during those seven weeks. He examines the ethical questions that permeate hospital life: who should be making life and death decisions - and how should they be made? How should scarce medical resources be allocated? What rules should govern the use of foetal tissue in research and treatment? Where should we draw the line, and how?
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The author records his experiences during seven weeks spent at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, observing the training of medical students. He examines such ethical questions as the right to use fetal tissue in research, the allocation of medical resources and the right to live or die.
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Product details
ISBN
9780195044287
Published
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
427 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
146 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
224
Author