Tough Decisions: Cases in Medical Ethics

by Kevin McDonnell and John M. Freeman

Book Overview

Life is full of tough decisions that must be made ethically and under the pressures of time. This book places readers in realistic situation where they experience the difficulties of making tough medical decisions. The cases are composites of actual cases the authors have seen or managed. In the role of decision-maker, the reader helps to determine what happens in the case as his or her decision often shapes the course of events and the patient's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019509042X
• ISBN13: 9780195090420
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Engaging and Readable

Tough Decisions is an outstanding book made even better in this long awaited second edition.Unlike most collections of case studies, this volume does not simply present a variety of vignettes to be analyzed and evaluated. Instead, the reader is required to actually make tough decisions and then follow up on the consequences. Decisions often lead to further decisions and then still further decisions. Different readers will thus follow different paths through the text. The situations themselves are realistically described and include multidimensional characters and well-written dialogue. The cases will provide a rich basis for discussion if this is used as a classroom text, but this is also an engaging and readable book for anyone interested in the tough decisions faced in healthcare every day.