Alpha and Omega - Ethics at the Frontiers of Life and Death
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In Alpha and Omega, Ernle Young draws us into the intensely private and dramatic world of the general hospital, where moral issues surrounding medical care have grown more complex than ever before. Technology has become extraordinarily sophisticated and the costs of high-tech medical care immense. Many life-prolonging techniques don't cure patients, but instead extend their suffering beyond the endurance of their loving families. Young is asked daily to intercede on behalf of these patients, their families, and the hospital staff so that they can arrive at sound, caring decisions in the face of life-and-death situations. He brings into harmony the aims of the medical profession - to prolong life no matter what - and the needs of the patients and their families - to uphold the quality of life.
