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03074cam a2200481 a 4500 001 7D7DF8FE2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20170419010600 008 070801s2008 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007031635 020 $a 0195339452 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780195339451 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)162143312 040 $a DNLM/DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d C#P $d YDXCP $d BWX $d IXA $d VP@ $d NOR $d BUR $d CQU $d JII $d SILO 050 00 $a R726.8 $b .S3384 2008 060 00 $a 2008 C-421 060 10 $a WB 310 $b S3595e 2008 082 00 $a 179.7 $2 22 100 1 $a Schneiderman, L. J. 245 1 $a Embracing our mortality : $b hard choices in an age of medical miracles / $c Lawrence J. Schneiderman. 260 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2008. 300 $a x, 219 p. ; $c 19 cm. 500 $a This book is possible through the collaboration of Warren County Philanthropic Partnership, Indianola Public Library and Hospice of Central Iowa. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. 520 $a While surveys show that most of us would prefer to die at home, 80% of us will die in a health care facility, many hooked up to machines and faced with tough decisions. When you, a family member, or a friend are in this situation, what should you do next? Here, a leading expert on medical ethics at the end of life urges all of us, including health care professionals, to face these decisions with sensitivity and realism informed by both the latest medical evidence as well as the oldest humanistic visions. Dr. Schneiderman vividly demonstrates the wisdom of this approach by interweaving true stories of his patients, current empirical research in care at the end of life, and displays of the power of empathy and imagination as embodied in the work of writers like Tolstoy and Chekhov.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Terminal care $x Decision making. 650 0 $a Advance directives (Medical care) 650 0 $a Patient refusal of treatment. 650 0 $a Right to die. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2007031635.html 941 $a 9 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724064142.0 952 $l GLAX641 $d 20231201010436.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107043144.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719035839.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003034317.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20100201162303.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090806113132.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7D7DF8FE2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JIIInitiate Another SILO Locator Search