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Life on the line : ethics, aging, ending patients' lives, and allocating vital resources / John F. Kilner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c1992.Description: ix, 349 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0802806309 (pbk.)
  • 9780802806307 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174/.24 20
LOC classification:
  • R725.56 .K55 1992
NLM classification:
  • W 50
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Living ethically: -- A way of thinking -- Other perspectives -- An expanded view -- pt. 2. Ending patient's lives: -- A patient's wishes -- Taking someone's life -- Deciding against treatment -- Important distinctions -- pt. 3. Allocating vital resources: -- Medical assessments and the elderly -- Nonmedical exclusion of the elderly -- The pursuit of social benefit -- Determining who lives -- Conclusion: ending lives and allocating resources.
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Knox Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Main PNH Kil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available N606621

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-339) and index.

Pt. 1. Living ethically: -- A way of thinking -- Other perspectives -- An expanded view -- pt. 2. Ending patient's lives: -- A patient's wishes -- Taking someone's life -- Deciding against treatment -- Important distinctions -- pt. 3. Allocating vital resources: -- Medical assessments and the elderly -- Nonmedical exclusion of the elderly -- The pursuit of social benefit -- Determining who lives -- Conclusion: ending lives and allocating resources.

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