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Catastrophic Diseases : Who Decides What?

✍ Scribed by Jay Katz; Alexander Morgan Capron

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Leaves
288
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices have to be made. The effort is an excellent example of research into, and therapy for, an important social process.

✦ Subjects

Medical innovations-Social aspects. ; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.-Social aspects. ; Hemodialysis-Social aspects. ; Medical ethics. ; Human experimentation in medicine. ; Medical policy-United States.

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