TY - BOOK AB - This new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying. Like its predecessor, this second edition will shape the ethical and legal framework for decision-making on treatment and end-of-life care in the United States. This groundbreaking work incorporates 25 years of research and innovation in clinical care, law, and policy. It is written for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and is structured for easy reference in difficult clinical situations. It supports the work of clinical ethicists, ethics committee members, health lawyers, clinical educators, scholars, and policymakers. It includes extensive practical recommendations. Health care reform places a new set of challenges on decision-making and care near the end of life. AU - Berlinger, Nancy. AU - Jennings, Bruce, AU - Wolf, Susan M. CN - R726 CN - R726 CY - Oxford : DA - c2013. ET - Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. ID - 712101 KW - Terminal care N1 - Rev. ed. of: Guidelines on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying / by the Hastings Center. c1987. N2 - This new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying. Like its predecessor, this second edition will shape the ethical and legal framework for decision-making on treatment and end-of-life care in the United States. This groundbreaking work incorporates 25 years of research and innovation in clinical care, law, and policy. It is written for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and is structured for easy reference in difficult clinical situations. It supports the work of clinical ethicists, ethics committee members, health lawyers, clinical educators, scholars, and policymakers. It includes extensive practical recommendations. Health care reform places a new set of challenges on decision-making and care near the end of life. PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford : PY - c2013. SN - 9780199974559 SN - 0199974551 SN - 9780199974566 SN - 019997456X T1 - The Hastings Center guidelines for decisions on life-sustaining treatment and care near the end of life / TI - The Hastings Center guidelines for decisions on life-sustaining treatment and care near the end of life / ER -