Death or disability? the 'Carmentis machine' and decision-making for critically ill children

Dominic Wilkinson combines philosophy, medicine, and science to explore the profound and contentious ethical issues facing those who work with critically ill children and infants. He addresses questions about the accuracy of predictions for future quality of life; about when to allow children to die...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, Dominic
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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