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In this new, startlingly original book, John D. Lantos weaves a compelling story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. The Lazarus Case: Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care begins with a fictional malpractice case-an amalgam of typical cases in which Lantos appeared as an expert witness-and uses it as the framework for addressing the ethical issues surrounding neonatal intensive care. Lantos draws on his experience in neonatal medicine, pediatrics, and medical ethics to explore multiple ethical dilemmas through one poignant representative situation. In Lantos's model case, a doctor decides to stop resuscitation of a premature infant, a tiny "preemie" who seems past reasonable care. The baby survives with severe neurological defects and the parents sue the doctor, alleging that stopping treatment was negligent. From this case, Lantos considers our moral obligations to critically ill babies, the meaning of negligence, and the sorts of social structures that shape the moral consciences of doctors. Each chapter begins with Lantos deposing in the conference room of the plaintiffs' lawyers.The questions put to Lantos throughout the deposition spark an engrossing retelling of his personal experiences with premature babies, as well as his thoughtful discussions of ethics, morality, history, and medical statistics. Sprinkled throughout the book are references to fictional works by Camus, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Twain, and others. Lantos uses these literary examples to further illustrate the ambiguities, misunderstandings, responsibilities, and evasions that plague our decisions regarding life and death, medical care and medical education, and ultimately the cost and value of preserving the lives of the most vulnerable among us.

Ethics, Medical --- Intensive Care, Neonatal --- Life Support Care --- Malpractice --- Neonatal intensive care --- Physicians --- Legislation & jurisprudence --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Malpractice. --- neonatale sterfte --- neonatale intensieve zorg --- ethiek (ethische aspecten) --- pasgeborene (zuigeling, neonatus, pasgeboren kind) --- premature geboorte --- mortalité néonatale --- soins néonataux intensifs --- ethique (aspects ethiques) --- nouveau-né --- naissance prématurée --- Medical malpractice --- Medical negligence --- Tort liability of physicians --- Medical laws and legislation --- Defensive medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects

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In this volume, John Lantos weaves a story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. He draws on his experience in neonatal medicine, paediatrics and medical ethics to explore ethical dilemmas through one poignant representative situation.

Neonatal intensive care --- Physicians --- Medical malpractice --- Medical negligence --- Tort liability of physicians --- Malpractice --- Medical laws and legislation --- Defensive medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Malpractice.

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Walker Percy brought to his novels the perspective of both a doctor and a patient. Trained as a doctor at Columbia University, he contracted tuberculosis during his internship as a pathologist at Bellevue Hospital and spent the next three years recovering, primarily in TB sanitoriums. This collection of essays explores not only Percy’s connections to medicine but also the underappreciated impact his art has had—and can have—on medicine itself. The contributors—physicians, philosophers, and literary critics—examine the relevance of Percy’s work to current dilemmas in medical education and health policy. They reflect upon the role doctors and patients play in his novels, his family legacy of depression, how his medical background influenced his writing style, and his philosophy of psychiatry. They contemplate the private ways in which Percy’s work affected their own lives and analyze the author’s tendency to contrast the medical-scientific worldview with a more spiritual one. Assessing Percy’s stature as an author and elucidating the many ways that reading and writing can combine with diagnosing and treating to offer an antidote to despair, they ask what it means to be a doctor, a writer, and a seeker of cures and truths—not just for the body but for the malaise and diseased spirituality of modern times. This collection will appeal to lovers of literature as well as medical professionals—indeed, anyone concerned with medical ethics and the human side of doctoring.

Ethics in literature --- Literature and medicine --- Literature and mental illness --- Medical ethics --- Medicine in literature --- Physicians' writings, American --- artsen (geneesheren) --- bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) --- culturele aspecten (kunst) --- narratieve ethiek --- American physicians' writings --- Physicians' literary writings, American --- American literature --- Medical care in literature --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Authors, Insane --- Mental illness and literature --- Poets, Insane --- Medicine and literature --- History --- History and criticism --- médecins --- bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) --- aspects culturels (art) --- éthique narrative --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Percy, Walker, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Ethics. --- Knowledge --- Medicine. --- Medicine in literature. --- Ethics in literature. --- Medical ethics. --- History and criticism. --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Human medicine --- Thematology --- Percy, Walker

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Professional ethics. Deontology --- Medical law --- Human medicine

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Tracing the field's recent history, notable advances, and considerable challenges yet to be faced, the authors present neonatal bioethics as a paradigm of complex conversation among physicians, philosophers, policy makers, judges, and legislators which has led to responsible societal oversight of a controversial medical innovation.

Intensive Care, Neonatal --- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal --- History, 20th Century --- Neonatology --- Neonatal intensive care --- Intensive care, Neonatal --- Intensive care of the newborn --- Newborn intensive care --- Infant health services --- Newborn infants --- Pediatric intensive care --- Neonatal emergencies --- Neonatal pediatrics --- Perinatology --- legislation & jurisprudence --- history --- ethics --- trends --- History. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Hospital care