| 书目名称 | Legal and Ethical Concerns in Treating Kidney Failure | | 副标题 | Case Study Workbook | | 编辑 | Eli A. Friedman | | 视频video | | | 丛书名称 | Legal and Ethical Concerns in Medicine | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | Once dialysis treatment, in 1960, permitted life prolongationfor some but not all patients in kidney failure, an `ethical genie‘was released. The introduction of peritoneal dialysis and kidneytransplantation compounded the physician‘s dilemma by underscoringthose left untreated. Who should be selected for uremia therapy?Should exclusion from treatment be properly delegated toadministrators or physicians, or better left to a committee? Are somecandidates more worthy than others? As examples: Do Presidents andKings warrant priority in cadaver organ allocation over ordinarycitizens? Are rich people more deserving than the poor? Is it ethicalto choose a younger over an older patient? Can children and/ormentally incompetent persons serve as living organ donors? Is itproper to market organs under controlled circumstances? .Eli A. Friedman, an experienced nephrology training program director,and Medical Advisor to the American Association of Kidney Patients,has collected 24 difficult cases that focus on these and other vexingthough common stressful issues faced by those who manage kidneypatients. Using a novel approach to each case, the opinions oflawyers, nephrologists, patients, and a t | | 出版日期 | Book 2000 | | 关键词 | Medical Ethics; ethics; kidney; nephrology; stress; transplantation | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4355-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-010-5875-9 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-011-4355-4Series ISSN 1568-2293 | | issn_series | 1568-2293 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000 |
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