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Bezig met laden... First, Do No Harmdoor Lisa Belkin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a factual account of a hospital ethics committee at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. It was organized in 1983 and was the first of its kind. It presents histories of patients who are terminally ill and the events that lead up to these cases being presented to the doctors, nurses, lawyers, social workers, financial analysts, administrators who make up the committee. . It also presents the views of the patients and their families, all of whom have a part in the decision to continue to treat or to allow support to be withdrawn. I feel it represented both sides of all issues: The patient who wants to die and the patient who wants to keep fighting. The families who are present and supportive and the families who avoid helpful involvement. Most interesting to me was the behind-the-scenes story of the clinical staff who have differing opinions yet work together for the sake of the patients. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Crammed with provocative insights, raw emotion, and heartbreaking dilemmas," (The New York Times) First, Do No Harm is a powerful examination of how life and death decisions are made at a major metropolitan hospital in Houston, as told through the stories of doctors, patients, families, and hospital administrators facing unthinkable choices. What is life worth? And when is a life worth living? Journalist Lisa Belkin examines how these questions are asked and answered over one dramatic summer at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. In an account that is fascinating, revealing, and almost novelistic in its immediacy, Belkin takes us inside a major hospital and introduces us to the people who must make life and death decisions every day. As we walk through the hallways of the hospital we meet a young pediatrician who must decide whether to perform a risky last-ditch surgery on a teenager who has spent most of his fifteen years in a hospital; we watch as new parents battle with doctors over whether to disconnect their fragile, premature twins from the machine that keeps them breathing; we are in the operating room as a poor immigrant, paralyzed from a gunshot in the neck, is asked by doctors whether or not he wishes to stay alive; we witness the worry of a kidney specialist as he decides whether or not to transfer an uninsured baby to the county hospital down the road. We experience critical moments in the lives of these real people as Belkin explores challenging issues and questions involving medical ethics, human suffering, modern technology, legal liability, and financial reality. As medical technology advances, the choices grow more complicated. How far should we go to save a life? Who decides? And who pays? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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