Catastrophic Diseases: Who Decides What?

by Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

Overview

An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices have to be made. The effort is an excellent example of research into, and therapy for, an important social process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351318389
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	984 KB

About the Author

Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

Table of Contents

1: Facts and Values; 1: Introduction to the Issues; 2: Analytical Framework; 3: The Role of Goals and Values; 4: The Development and Current Status of the Procedures; 2: Description of Participants— an Interactional Portrait; 5: The Authority and Capacity of Physician-Investigators; 6: The Authority and Capacity of Patient-Subjects; 7: The Authority and Capacity of Professional and Public Institutions; 3: Stages of Decisionmaking—Proposals and Recommendations; 8: The Formulation of Policy; 9: The Administration of Major Medical Interventions; 10: Review of Decisions and Consequences

Editorial Reviews

"An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices have to be made. The effort is an excellent example of research into, and therapy for, an important social process." —Edward Chase, Camden Law Journal “This is a paperback reissue of a monograph published in 1975 by the Russell Sage Foundation. The study is an analysis of the issues related to catastrophic diseases and the biomedical innovations developed in response to them. . . . The book’s purpose is not merely examination of these issues but construction of a framework for their analysis that will be stimulating to scholars and useful to medical and societal decisionmakers. . . . [The] main points of the model represent sound and significant proposals.” —John J. Lally, Contemporary Sociology

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