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BL
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718819
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b538509
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edited by David Crippen, Jack K. Kilcullen, David F. Kelly.
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Three patients : : international perspective on intensive care at the end of life\ edited by David Crippen, Jack K. Kilcullen, David F. Kelly.
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| Publication Statement
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New York: Springer, ©2002.
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(xvii, 275 pages :) : illustrations
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1461509394
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: 9781461509394
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Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition originally published by Kluwer in 2002.
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| Contents
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Overview --;Medical Futility in American Health Care --;Multinational Perspective on Treatment of the Three Patients --;Description of the Cases --;South Africa --;Australia --;United Kingdom --;India --;New Zealand --;The Netherlands --;Russia --;Hong Kong --;Israel --;Canada --;Urban United States --;Summaries of Medical Comments --;Patient A --;Is Treatment Worthwhile? --;Globalization of Critical Care --;A Multilevel Examination of a Critically I11 Patient --;Patient B --;The Decision-Making Process --;Should Patient B Receive Critical Care? --;The Yin and Yang of Critical Care: Utilitarianism Meets the Law of Supply and Demand --;Patient C --;Treatment of a "Classic" Intensive Care Unit Patient --;Should This Patient Be Admitted to a Critical Care Unit? --;Multiple Organ Failure and Intensive Care --;General Multidisciplinary Survey --;Discussion of the Medical Aspects of Futility --;Discussion of the Ethical Aspects of Futility --;Waiting for the Cavalry: The Role of the Courts in Recognizing Medical Futility --;Comments From Paramedical Providers --;End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit --;Advanced Medical Technology and End of Life: A Respiratory Care Practitioner's Perspective --;Medical Futility --;Afterword.
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This volume explores how the scarce resources of intensive care units should be distributed. A multinational panel of experienced critical care physicians offers assessments of the patients' conditions and outlines approaches to treatment.
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Critical care medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Euthanasia -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Right to die -- Cross-cultural studies.
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R726.E358 2002
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David Crippen
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David F Kelly
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Jack K Kilcullen
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