Title | Legislating Medical Ethics [electronic resource] : A Study of the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law / edited by Robert Baker, Martin A. Strosberg, Jonathan Bynum |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8593-4 |
Descript | XVIII, 472 p. online resource |
I / The Task Force and the Law -- Executive Summary -- The New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: A Study of Public Policy-Making -- The Legitimation and Regulation of DNR Orders -- II / The DNR Controversy in New York State -- Taking Stock of Policies for Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Perception and Practice -- Where Are We Going with Do-Not-Resuscitate Policies? -- New York Stateโs Do-Not-Resuscitate Law -- New Yorkโs Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: Bad Law, Bad Medicine, and Bad Ethics -- Edited Transcript of Question & Answer Sessions at Union College Conference -- III / Case Studies -- Implementation of the New York Do-Not-Resuscitate Law at a Teaching Hospital -- One Familyโs Experience with the New York DNR Law -- When the Ambulance Goes Home: A Tragic Flaw in the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law -- Implementation of the New York State DNR Law at a Community Hospital -- The New York DNR Law and the Disabled: The Experience of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities -- Striking a Balance -- IV / Research -- The Do-Not-Resuscitate Order as Ritual -- New Yorkโs Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: Burden or Benefit? -- Does the New York State DNR Law Prevent Medically Inappropriate DNR? -- The Effects of a Hospital Policy and State Legislation on Resuscitation Orders for Geriatric Patients -- The New York State DNR Law: Views of the Members of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians -- The 1988 DNR Reforms: A Comparative Study of the Impact of the New York DNR Law and the Jcaho Accreditation Requirements -- Differences in Cliniciansโ Reactions to the New York State DNR Law -- V / Retrospection and Reflection -- An Assessment of the Union College Study and a Response to Robert Bakerโs Analysis of the DNR Law -- A Review of the Empirical Studies of the DNR Law and a Rejoinder to Tracy E. Miller -- Appendices The Genealogy of New York Stateโs Do-Not-Resuscitate Law -- Article 29 (1987) โ New York State Legislature -- Guidelines for Hospitals and Physicians on โDo-Not-Resuscitateโ (1982) -- Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment (1983, Excerpted) -- Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: The Proposed Legislation and Report of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law (1986, 1988, 2nd Edition Condensed) -- Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Questions and Answers for Health Care Professionals (1988) -- Letter to New York State Assembly Minority Counsel Larry Digiulio (1991) -- Amendments to the New York Public Health Law 29-B (1991) -- Notes on Editors and Contributors