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• Title:Law and ethics in intensive care / edited by Christopher Danbury [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Danbury, Christopher.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: WX33.FA1 L415 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Critical care medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.
  Critical care medicine--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
  
• Medical Subjects: Intensive Care--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
  Intensive Care--ethics--Great Britain.
  
• Description:x, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:Ethical and legal issues pervade medicine, but in the unique environment of the intensive care unit (ICU) the potential for confusion, error and litigation is huge. This book is a practical guide to the main issues, offering clinical scenarios and possible solutions for the whole multi-disciplinary team working in the ICU.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199562039 (alk. paper)
  0199562032 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Consent for intensive care: public and political expectations vs. conceptual and practical hurdles / M.D. Dominic Bell
  Adults who lack capacity to consent / Daniele Bryden
  The best interest of babies and children / Christopher Newdick and Christopher Danbury
  Taking it or leaving it: demanding and refusing treatment in intensive care / Sheila A.M. McLean and Derek Morgan
  Dying to know: legal and ethical issues surrounding death and do not resuscitate orders / Hazel Biggs
  Diagnosing death / Andrew Lawson
  Ethics and law in intensive care: research in intensive care / Thomas E. Woodcock
  NHS governance of critical care / David Pittaway and Nicholas Peacock
  Reverse triage? managing scarce resources in intensive care / Christopher Newdick and Christopher Danbury
  Doing what's best: organ donation and intensive care / John Coggon
  Conflicts of interest / Carl Waldmann, Neil Soni, and Andrew Lawson.