Title Discussion paper on the ethics of limiting life-sustaining treatment / National Health and Medical Research Council, Ethics in Clinical Practice Advisory Panel

Published Woden, A.C.T. : National Health and Medical Research Council, 1988

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Description 18 leaves ; 30 cm Series Ethics in Clinical Practice Advisory Panel Ethics in Clinical Practice Advisory Panel Contents 1. Extremely low boirth weight infants: what problems? -- 2. Infants with spina bifida -- 3. The sick elderly -- 4. Refusing treatment? withdrawing treatment? -- 5. Rights: whose? which? how do they affect ethical decision making? -- 6. Living wills - what value? -- 7. Who should decide for newborns? -- 8. Costs and who pays -- 9. Patient care ethics committees: what rile? -- 10. Horse-and-cart laws for space-age medicine? Analysis Aged Case studies Euthanasia Federal issue Infants Medical ethics Physical disability Right to die Notes Approved by the 106th session at the National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, November 1988 Issuing Body Approved by the 106th session of the National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, November 1988 Subject Older people -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects. Birth weight, Low -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects. Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia. Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects. Critical care medicine -- Australia. Critical care medicine. Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects. Life support systems (Critical care) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia Life support systems (Critical care) -- Moral and ethical aspects Medical ethics -- Australia. Medical ethics. Right to die. Spina bifida -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics, Medical. Euthanasia, Passive. Life Support Care. Author National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). Ethics in Clinical Practice Advisory Panel

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