| The Patient in the Family Contributor(s): Nelson, Hilde Lindemann (Author), Nelson, James Lindemann (Author) |
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ISBN: 041591129X ISBN-13: 9780415911290 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Medicine and families, two venerable institutions crucial to human well-being, are in crisis. The medical profession, struggling to control and equitably distribute care, finds itself compromised by its own success; families are shattered by divorce, violence and confusion about their own nature. What has gone unnoticed is the way these two powerful and pervasive spheres contribute to each other's loss of direction. "The Patient in the Family" diagnoses the ways in which the worlds of home and hospital misunderstand each other. The authors explore how medicine, through its new reproductive technologies, is altering the structure of families, how families can participate more fully in medical decision-making, and how to understand the impact on families when medical advances extend "life" but not "vitality." This book takes an unprecedented perspective on both institutions. Innovative and vivid, their stories tell the tales of families interacting with the medical establishment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Family & Relationships - Social Science |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 94-33652 |
| Series: Reflective Bioethics |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.99" W x 9.01" (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |