Title Ethics and the law in intensive care / edited by N. Pace and Sheila A.M. McLean

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Description xii, 195 pages ; 24 cm Series Oxford medical publications Oxford medical publications. Contents 1. Introduction to medical ethics / R. S. Downie --2. Brain death and the persistent vegetative state /Bryan Jennett -- 3. Consent to treatment and research in the ICU / J. K. Mason -- 4. Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment / N. Pace -- 5. Advance directives: legal and ethical considerations / Sheila A. M. McLean -- 6. Outcome scoring in intensive care /Sydney Jacobs -- 7. Quality of life after intensive care / Michael Heap and Saxon A. Ridley -- 8. Paediatric issues / N. S. Morton -- 9. The nursing perspective / Kath M. Melia -- 10. Ventilating patients for organ donation / Malcolm G. Booth and Peter G. M. Wallace -- 11. Rational resource allocation: management perspectives / Roger Dyson --12. Rational resource allocation: ethical perspectives / Lesley McTurk -- 13. A theological overview / G. R. Dunstan Analysis Intensive care Medicine Ethics Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Critical care medicine -- Law and legislation. Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects. Critical care medicine. Medical ethics. Critical Care. Ethics, Medical. Critical Care. Critical Care. Ethics, Medical. Author McLean, Sheila. Pace, N. (Nicholas A.) LC no. 95033647 ISBN 0192625209

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