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Author Wilkinson, Dominic.

Title Death or disability? : the 'Carmentis machine' and decision-making for critically ill children / Dominic Wilkinson.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 311 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Dominic Wilkinson combines philosophy, medicine, and science to explore the profound and contentious ethical issues facing those who work with critically ill children and infants. He addresses questions about the accuracy of predictions for future quality of life; about when to allow children to die; and about how much say parents should have.
Contents Death and grief in the ancient world -- Predictions and disability in Rome.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Life and death, Power over -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Life and death, Power over -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Life and death, Power over.
Children with disabilities -- Care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Children with disabilities -- Care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Children with disabilities -- Medical care.
Children with disabilities -- Medical care.
Critical care medicine -- Decision making.
Critical care medicine -- Decision making.
Critical care medicine.
Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wilkinson, Dominic. Death or disability? 1st ed. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199669431 (DLC) 2012538929 (OCoLC)808415162
ISBN 9780191648212 (electronic book)
0191648213 (electronic book)
9780191748783
0191748781
9780199669431 (Cloth)
0199669430 (Cloth)
9781283960892 (MyiLibrary)
1283960893 (MyiLibrary)