Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment : a report on the ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment decisions

Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment : a report on the ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment decisions.

Author/creator	United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Washington, DC : President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983.
Description	554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Ethics, Medical--United States --Legislation. Life Support Care--standards --United States --Legislation. Patient Participation--United States --Legislation. Decision Making--United States --Legislation. Life Support Care--United States --Legislation. History of Medicine. History, 20th Century.

Series	PCMH pastoral care collection
Contents	The setting of the report -- The elements of good decisionmaking -- Additional constraints on a patient's decision -- Patients who lack decisionmaking capacity -- Patients with permanent loss of consciousness -- Seriously ill newborns -- Resuscitation decisions for hospitalized patients.
General note	"March 1983."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Todd Savitt collection
Acquisitions source	Laupus- PCMH Pastoral care collection.
LCCN	83600503
Govt. docs number	Pr 40.8:Et 3/L 62/2

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Fed Docs Stacks	PR 40.8:ET 3/L 62/2	✔ Available	Place Hold
Laupus	History Reading Room - Does not circulate	W 50 U581D 1983	✔ Available
Laupus	Books - Stacks	W 50 U581D 1983	✔ Available	Place Hold