Critical Choices and Critical Care

Catholic Perspectives on Allocating Resources in Intensive Care Medicine

220 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Critical Choices and Critical Care brings together the traditional reflections on ordinary and extraordinary means with Catholic social thought. It examines the difficult questions on the allocation of high technology resources used in intensive care medicine. The book also provides relevant background information (e.g. statements by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith). It is accessible to theologians, philosophers, and health care professionals.

• Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Ethik und Moralphilosophie
• ISBN: 9780792333821
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.1995
• Größe: 22.9 x 15.2 cm
• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Herausgegeben von: Kevin Wm. Wildes