Responding to Those Who Hope for a Miracle: Practices for Clinical Bioethicists.
Significant challenges arise for clinical care teams when a patient or surrogate decision-maker hopes a miracle will occur. This article answers the question, “How should clinical bioethicists respond when a medical decision-maker uses the hope for a miracle to orient her medical decisions?” We argu...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 40 - 52 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2018
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