At least since the writing of the Hippocratic Oath, medical practitioners have been concerned with ethics (the original oath even contained a prohibition against seducing patients). Today's medical professionals face situations that include how much treatment to offer and what to "do" with the terminally ill. This video reviews the cases of two individuals, a man in the last stages of AIDS and a woman who died from cancer. Because the focus is strictly on health care workers' perspectives, the appeal is automatically limited to academic libraries with large medical collections. Two panel discussions from the ethics committee of Newton-Wellesley (Mass.) Hospital, offering ideas for "right" courses of action regarding the cases, might have been useful for provoking in-class discussions, but the talking heads provide pre-digested solutions for the viewer, requiring no intellectual or ethical inquiry on the student's part. Professional journals carry case studies; stick with them for discussion and debate. Not recommended. Aud: C. (R. Reagan)
To Choose No Harm: Ethical Decision-Making at the End of Life
(1996) 45 min. $195. Fanlight Productions. Color cover. ISBN: 1-57295-184-2. Vol. 12, Issue 2
To Choose No Harm: Ethical Decision-Making at the End of Life
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