The power of life or death : a critique of medical tyranny / P
Publication details: London : Duckworth, 1995.Description: ix, 177p. ; 24cmISBN:- 0715626426
- 0715626973
- W 50
Contents:
PART I: Medical power -- The health care agenda -- The development of medical paternalism -- Medical professionals: facts and fictions -- Patients: passive victims -- The good of society -- The restriction of medical resources -- PART II: Power at the edge of life -- Life-or-death decisions -- Wanting to die -- Wanting not to be treated -- Wanting to live -- Moral syllogisms -- Conclusions.
| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Whittington Health Library Shelves | W 50 TAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 95024204 |
Bibliography: p[167]-170. _ Includes index.
PART I: Medical power -- The health care agenda -- The development of medical paternalism -- Medical professionals: facts and fictions -- Patients: passive victims -- The good of society -- The restriction of medical resources -- PART II: Power at the edge of life -- Life-or-death decisions -- Wanting to die -- Wanting not to be treated -- Wanting to live -- Moral syllogisms -- Conclusions.
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