The Lazarus case life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care /

Lantos, John D.

The Lazarus case life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care / [electronic resource] : John D. Lantos. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001. - xvi, 183 p. - Medicine & culture . - Medicine & culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.

Somebody will pay -- Passing out in the NICU -- Learning about death and dying -- Standards of care -- Prognostication and futility -- Consent, communication, shared decision making -- Getting paid -- Home births -- Mistakes in context -- Closing argument.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Neonatal intensive care--Moral and ethical aspects.
Physicians--Malpractice.


Electronic books.

RJ253.5 / .L36 2001

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