Ethics and clinical research
HK Beecher - n Engl J Med, 1966 - Springer
HK Beecher
n Engl J Med, 1966•SpringerThe choice of the papers that have been included in this chapter was not easy. In general, I
tried to include the first papers evaluating important ethical issues in critical care medicine.
These included the issues of informed consent, patient and family preferences, rationing,
withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, futility, brain death, and unethical
procedures in patients.
tried to include the first papers evaluating important ethical issues in critical care medicine.
These included the issues of informed consent, patient and family preferences, rationing,
withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, futility, brain death, and unethical
procedures in patients.
The choice of the papers that have been included in this chapter was not easy. In general, I tried to include the first papers evaluating important ethical issues in critical care medicine. These included the issues of informed consent, patient and family preferences, rationing, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, futility, brain death, and unethical procedures in patients.
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