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Author:

United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

Title:

Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment : a report on the ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment decisions.

Publisher:

For sale by the Supt. of Docs.U.S. G.P.O.,
For sale by the Supt. of Docs.U.S. G.P.O.,

Copyright Date:

1983

Description:

554 p. : ill., maps, forms ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects.
Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.
Infants (Newborn)--Moral and ethical aspects.--Treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Medical laws and legislation--United States.
Ethics, Medical--United States.
Euthanasia.
Terminal care
Patient Participation.
Decision Making.
Life Support Care.
Right to die.
Life Support Care--United States--legislation.

Notes:

"March 1983." S/N 040-000-00470-0 Item 851-J Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The setting of the report -- The elements of good decisionmaking -- Additional constraints on a patient's decision -- Patients who lack decisionmaking capacity -- Patients with permanent loss of consciousness -- Seriously ill newborns -- Resuscitation decisions for hospitalized patients.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)9499268
(OCoLC)11443403

LCCN:

83600503

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)