Deciding Who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-Care

Deciding Who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-Care Nursery

In this powerful and probing look at the reality of everyday choices in neonatal intensive care units, RenÃ©e Anspach explores the life-and-death dilemmas that have fueled national debate. Using case studies taken during sixteen months of extensive interviewing and observation, Anspach examines the roles of parents, doctors, nurses, and bioethicists in deciding whether critically ill newbornsâ€”be they premature, terminally ill, or severely malformedâ€”should be saved by medical technology, or at least kept alive a little longer.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1997-12-05
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884652682377
EANs 9780520212138

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	1997-12-05
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884652682377
EANs	9780520212138

Deciding Who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-Care Nursery