Through the Valley of Shadows: Living Wills, Intensive Care, and Making Medicine Human - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199392957ISBN-10:199392951UPC:9780199392957Book Category:Medical, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics, Ethics & Moral PhilosophySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCX4VDHYMG
Through the Valley of Shadows: Living Wills, Intensive Care, and Making Medicine Human
Hospital intensive care units have changed when and how we die--and not always for the better.
The ICU is a new world, one in which once-fatal diseases can be cured and medical treatments greatly enhance our chances of full recovery. But, paradoxically, these places of physical healing can exact a terrible toll, and by focusing on technology rather than humanity, they too often rob the dying of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199392957ISBN-10:199392951UPC:9780199392957Book Category:Medical, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics, Ethics & Moral PhilosophySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCX4VDHYMG
Samuel Morris Brown is Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of Utah School of Medicine and founder and director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center. A practicing intensive care physician, researcher and award-winning historian of ideas, Dr. Brown writes at the intersections of medicine,...
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