Law and Ethics in Intensive Care (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020
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Paperback. The practice of intensive care medicine raises multiple legal and ethical issues on a daily basis, making it increasingly difficult to know who to admit and when, at what stage invasive management should be withdrawn, and who, importantly, should decide? These profound dilemmas, already complicated in a setting of scarce resources, mandate an understanding of law and ethics for those working in intensive care medicine.Clinically focused, thisbook explains the relevance of landmark rulings to aid your day-to-day decision-making. A spectrum of ethical and legal controversies in critical care are addressed to demonstrate how law and ethicsaffects the care available to patients and vice versa.Discussion of conflict resolution advises the options open to you when agreement on treatment decisions or withdrawal cannot be reached. The literature and variations surrounding Do Not Attempt Resuscitation decisions are outlined to help you navigate this complex area. This edition also provides an up-to-date analysis of issues such as futility and depreciation of liberty.Featuring contributionsfrom leading legal and medical experts, this important reference should be read by every critical care professional. With complex legal and ethical dilemmas arising daily in intensive care medicine, it can be hard to know who to admit and when, the stage at which invasive management should be withdrawn, or who should even decide. Clinically focused, this book explores landmark rulings on controversies in critical care to aid your day-to-day decision making. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Law and Ethics in Intensive Care (Paperback)
- Author
- Christopher Danbury
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198817169
- ISBN 13
- 9780198817161
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Clinically focused, this book explains the relevance of landmark rulings to aid your day-to-day decision-making. A spectrum of ethical and legal controversies in critical care are addressed to demonstrate how law and ethics affects the care available to patients and vice versa.
Discussion of conflict resolution advises the options open to you when agreement on treatment decisions or withdrawal cannot be reached. The literature and variations surrounding Do Not Attempt Resuscitation decisions are outlined to help you navigate this complex area. This edition also provides an up-to-date analysis of issues such as futility and depreciation of liberty.
Featuring contributions from leading legal and medical experts, this important reference should be read by every critical care professional.
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About the Author
Chris Newdick is the Professor of Health Law at the University of Reading. He is an advisor to the Thames Valley Priorities Committee, has served on the Medicines Commission and was a member of the Independent Review of Individual Patient Funding Requests in Wales. He is the author of Who Should We Treat? - Rights, Rationing and Resources.
Alex is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers specialising in mental capacity and mental health law. He also writes extensively, has numerous academic affiliations, including as Visiting Lecturer and Wellcome Research Fellow at King's College London, and created the website www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.
Carl Waldmann is Consultant in ICM and Anaesthesia at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading and Dean of the Faculty of Critical Care. Apart from his interests in the management of Head Injured patients in a DGH, the procurement and implementation of a Clinical Information System in ICU, his passion has been setting up and running an ICU follow-up clinic in Reading. From May 2007 to May 2009 he was President of the ICS, editor of Care of the Critically Ill and until 2004 the editor of JICS. Carl was also Chair of the section of Technology Assessment and Health Informatics [TAHI] of the ESICM until 2008. He was a member of the PACT editorial board of the ESICM and between 2015 and 2018 served as the Treasurer for the ESICM. Carl also has an interest in pre-hospital care and is club doctor for Leyton Orient FC.
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