Quality of life : the new medical dilemma /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walter, James J., Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Paulist Press, [1990]
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MARC

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245 0 0 |a Quality of life :  |b the new medical dilemma /  |c edited by James J. Walter, Thomas A. Shannon. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Paulist Press,  |c [1990] 
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300 |a vi, 357 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm. 
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505 0 |a Four indicators of humanhood -- Quality of life -- To save or let die -- Quality of life and death -- Quality of life -- "Quality of life" and the analogy with the Nazis -- Meaning and validity of quality of life judgments in contemporary Roman Catholic medical ethics -- Defining the quality of life -- Use of quality of life considerations in medical decision making -- Who shall live? -- Implications of prenatal diagnosis for the quality of, and right to, human life -- Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion -- Terminating treatment for newborns -- Quality of life and defective newborn children -- Projected quality of the patient's life -- Position of the American Academy of Neurology on certain aspects of the care and management of the persistent vegetative state patient. 
505 0 |a Feeding and hydrating the permanently unconscious and other vulnerable persons -- PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration -- Ethical judgments of quality of life in the care of the aged -- Guiding the hand that feeds -- Care of the elderly dying -- Declaration on Euthanasia -- Euthanasia and the quality of life -- Physician's responsibility toward hopelessly ill patients -- Quality of life and the witholding or withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment -- Patients with permanent loss of consciousness -- Quality of life in the courts -- "Quality of life" -- Guidelines for legislation on life-sustaining treatment -- Child abuse and neglect -- Providing food and fluids to severely brain damaged patients -- Georgia man asks to turn off life-supporting ventilator. 
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