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Preface -- Recommended References for Beginners -- Section I -- Beginnings/Endings: Complex Issues with Pregnancy, Newborns, and Young Children -- Case 1 Does the Nearness of Death Diminish the Value of a Life-- Case 2 When Cultures Collide and a Newborn Almost Dies -- Case 3 When the Family Wont Decide -- Case 4 Aggressive Treatment for a Childs Inoperable Tumor -- Case 5 Is There Life After DeathA Case of Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval -- Section II -- Decision-making: Families in the Mix -- Case 6 What is the Standard of Care for a Corpse-- Case 7 When the Palliative Care Team Got Fired -- Case 8 A Young Womans Wish to Die -- Case 9 When Parents Contest an Adult Childs Advance Directive -- Case 10 Please Stop Torturing Me Unless my Wife is in the Room! -- Case 11 Who Should Make Treatment Decisions for a Battered Spouse-- Section III -- Autonomy and other Ideals: Balancing Benefits and Burdens -- Case 12 Something More Important than Life -- Case 13 Are There Limits on Futile Care for Patients in the U.S. Illegally-- Case 14 To Treat ... or Not to Treat? -- Case 15 A Patients Right to Treatment (and a Physicians Right to Refuse) -- Case 16 A Depressed Caregiver Neglects His Own Health -- Conclusion.

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