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Title:

Law and ethics in intensive care / edited by Christopher Danbury [and others].

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Critical care medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.
Critical care medicine--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Other Authors:

Danbury, Christopher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010181314

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Consent for intensive care: public and political expectations vs. conceptual and practical hurdles / M.D. Dominic Bell -- Adults who lack capacity to consent / Daniele Bryden -- The best interest of babies and children / Christopher Newdick and Christopher Danbury -- Taking it or leaving it: demanding and refusing treatment in intensive care / Sheila A.M. McLean and Derek Morgan -- Dying to know: legal and ethical issues surrounding death and do not resuscitate orders / Hazel Biggs -- Diagnosing death / Andrew Lawson -- Ethics and law in intensive care: research in intensive care / Thomas E. Woodcock -- NHS governance of critical care / David Pittaway and Nicholas Peacock -- Reverse triage? managing scarce resources in intensive care / Christopher Newdick and Christopher Danbury -- Doing what's best: organ donation and intensive care / John Coggon -- Conflicts of interest / Carl Waldmann, Neil Soni, and Andrew Lawson.

ISBN:

0199562032
9780199562039

OCLC:

(OCoLC)559785973

LCCN:

2010011033

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)