The power of life or death : a critique of medical tyranny /
Tassano, Fabian.
The power of life or death : a critique of medical tyranny / P - London : Duckworth, 1995. - ix, 177p. ; 24cm.
Bibliography: p[167]-170. _ Includes index.
PART I: Medical power -- The health care agenda -- The development of medical paternalism -- Medical professionals: facts and fictions -- Patients: passive victims -- The good of society -- The restriction of medical resources -- PART II: Power at the edge of life -- Life-or-death decisions -- Wanting to die -- Wanting not to be treated -- Wanting to live -- Moral syllogisms -- Conclusions.
0715626426 (hbk) 0715626973 (pbk)
Medical care--Great Britain.
Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain.
Medical ethics--Great Britain.
Medicine Great Britain
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The power of life or death : a critique of medical tyranny / P - London : Duckworth, 1995. - ix, 177p. ; 24cm.
Bibliography: p[167]-170. _ Includes index.
PART I: Medical power -- The health care agenda -- The development of medical paternalism -- Medical professionals: facts and fictions -- Patients: passive victims -- The good of society -- The restriction of medical resources -- PART II: Power at the edge of life -- Life-or-death decisions -- Wanting to die -- Wanting not to be treated -- Wanting to live -- Moral syllogisms -- Conclusions.
0715626426 (hbk) 0715626973 (pbk)
Medical care--Great Britain.
Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain.
Medical ethics--Great Britain.
Medicine Great Britain
W 50