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- catalog abstract ""The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical facilities to provide patients with written notification of their right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this act as an important vehicle for improving the health care decision-making process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical background to the act by focusing on well-known cases such as those of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex issues in contemporary health care practices." "This book provides concrete guidance to health care professionals, medical ethicits, and patient-rights advocates."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11321203.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical facilities to provide patients with written notification of their right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this act as an important vehicle for improving the health care decision-making process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical background to the act by focusing on well-known cases such as those of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex issues in contemporary health care practices." "This book provides concrete guidance to health care professionals, medical ethicits, and patient-rights advocates."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The requirements of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The legal background of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The social and technological background for the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The human context of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The institutional context of the Patient Self-Determination Act --The ethical foundations of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- Advance directives -- The roles of healthcare professionals -- The role of the responsible patient.".
- catalog extent "xii, 351 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0878407472 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0878407480 (paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Clinical medical ethics (Washington, D.C.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Clinical medical ethics".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "174/.24 21".
- catalog subject "2000 N-756".
- catalog subject "Advance Directives legislation & jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Advance Directives legislation & jurisprudence".
- catalog subject "Bioethics United States.".
- catalog subject "Bioethics".
- catalog subject "Patient Advocacy legislation & jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Patient Advocacy legislation & jurisprudence".
- catalog subject "Patients Legal status, laws, etc. United States.".
- catalog subject "R726 .U39 1999".
- catalog subject "Right to die United States.".
- catalog subject "Treatment Refusal legislation & jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Treatment Refusal legislation & jurisprudence".
- catalog subject "W 32.5 AA1 U19p 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "The requirements of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The legal background of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The social and technological background for the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The human context of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- The institutional context of the Patient Self-Determination Act --The ethical foundations of the Patient Self-Determination Act -- Advance directives -- The roles of healthcare professionals -- The role of the responsible patient.".
- catalog title "The Patient Self-Determination Act : meeting the challenges in patient care / Lawrence P. Ulrich.".
- catalog type "text".