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Final exam
a surgeon's reflections on mortality
By Chen, Pauline W.
- ISBN
- 978-0-30726-353-7
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 15, 2007
Numerous articles and books have shown that many physicians do not know how to treat terminally ill patients appropriately and humanely. Some physicians, in fact, use extreme and futile medical interventions to treat dying patients, with little regard to their costs, the pain and suffering they cause, or even the patients' own wishes. Chen, a young Asian American transplant surgeon, further addresses...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
