| Description |
1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Annals of Bioethics Ser |
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Routledge Annals of Bioethics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Cardiovascular Ethics: An Introduction -- I Introduction -- II An Overview of Cardiovascular Advances in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries -- III Implications of the Rapid Advances in Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Therapeutics -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Cardiovascular Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life -- Chapter 1: Ethical Issues in Reproductive Genetic Testing for Cardiovascular Disease -- I Introduction -- II Case Description |
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A Pertinent History -- B Recurrence Risk Assessment -- III Methods of Reproductive Testing for Known Familial Variants -- A Prenatal Genetic Testing -- B Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis -- C Adoption, Donor Gamete, and Nonintervention -- IV Discussion of Ethical Considerations -- A Autonomy-Testing for the SCN5A Variant -- B Presymptomatic Testing of Minors/Embryos-Testing for the TTR Variant -- C Nonmaleficence -- D Beneficence -- E Utility -- F Informed Consent -- V Summary -- References |
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Chapter 2: An Ethical Discussion of Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Hypertension -- I Introduction -- II Physiologic Cardiovascular Changes in Pregnancy -- A Pathophysiology of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy -- B Ethical Discussion -- III Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy -- A Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Hypertension during Pregnancy -- B Ethical Discussion -- References -- Additional Reading -- Chapter 3: Severe Congenital Anomalies in the Fetus or Infant: "Best-Interests" Decisions for Ambiguous Outcomes -- I Introduction |
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II Case One: Newborn with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -- A What Is Known about This Condition? -- B Survival Outcomes -- C Neurodevelopmental Outcomes -- D Quality of Life -- 1 Lifetime Healthcare Needs -- 2 Empirical Quality of Life Data -- III Case Two: Newborn with Trisomy 18 and Ventricular Septal Defect -- A Survival -- B Neurodevelopmental Outcomes -- C Quality of Life -- 1 Lifetime Healthcare Needs -- 2 Empirical Quality of Life Data -- IV Ethical Challenges -- A Physician and Parent Preferences -- Case One: Comfort Care for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome? |
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Case Two: Surgery for Ventricular Septal Defect in Trisomy 18? -- B Justice and Resource Allocation -- C Elements Required for Proper Informed Consent -- V Conclusions and Case Recommendations -- References -- Part II: Cardiovascular Ethical Issues at the End-of-Life -- Chapter 4: Palliative Care Issues in Advanced Cardiac Disease -- I Overview -- II Challenges in Care of Patients with Advanced Heart Disease -- III Prognostication and Dealing with Uncertainty -- IV Ethical Issues Regarding Patient Candidacy for Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Goals of Care |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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V Palliative Care and Decision-Making Support |
| Subject |
Cardiovascular system-Diseases
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cherry, Mark J
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| ISBN |
9781000487152 |
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1000487156 |
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9781032139982 |
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1032139986 |
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9781003240273 |
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1003240275 |
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