In this Book
- The Sanctity of Social Life: Physician's Treatment of Critically Ill Patients
- Book
- 1975
- Published by: Russell Sage Foundation
summary
Reexamines the nature of death and dying as seen from the physician's point of view. Unlike other treatments of the subject, this study is concerned not with what physician's should do for the critically ill, but with their actual behavior. Based on extensive interviews with physicians in several medical specialties, more than 3000 questionnaires completed by physicians in four specialties, and studies of the records of actual hospital patients, the book shows that while withdrawal of treatment in certain types of cases is widespread, euthanasia is rare.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Title page, Copyright page
- pp. i-vi
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Part I: Criteria for Decision-Making
- Part II: Sources of Variation Among Physicians: Some Organizational, Social, and Cultural Variables
- 9. Conclusion
- pp. 199-212
- Appendix 1: Charts
- pp. 213-218
- Appendix 2: Questionnaires
- pp. 219-268
- Glossary of Medical Terms
- pp. 269-270
- Bibliography
- pp. 271-278
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610441551
Related ISBN(s)
9780871542090
MARC Record
OCLC
906809386
Pages
303
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1975