{"product_id":"wrong-medicine-9780801898501","title":"Wrong Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful discussion of a difficult and pervasive bioethical problem - one made all the more critical by current concerns about limited resources. This book brings common sense to bear on one of the more intractable issues facing medical ethicists today. A useful and timely contribution.\" (New England Journal of Medicine) \"A lucid and important contribution to the field that moves us toward both a more scientific and a more humane approach to making treatment decisions at the end of life.\" (Health Affairs)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Are Doctors Supposed to Be Doing This?\u003cbr\u003e2. Why It Is Hard to Say No\u003cbr\u003e3. Why We Must Say No\u003cbr\u003e4. Families Who Say, \"Do Everything!\"\u003cbr\u003e5. Futility and Rationing\u003cbr\u003e6. Medical Futility in a Litigious Society\u003cbr\u003e7. Ethical Implications of Medical Futility\u003cbr\u003e8. The Way It Is Now \/ The Way It Ought to Be: For Patients\u003cbr\u003e9. The Way It Is Now \/ The Way It Ought to Be: For Health Professionals\u003cbr\u003e10. The High Points: Medical Futility\u003cbr\u003e11. Medical Futility: Where Do We Stand Now?\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527637016919,"sku":"9780801898501","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801898501.jpg?v=1731868646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wrong-medicine-9780801898501","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}