Ethical issues in the management of cerebrovascular disease.
Medical ethics, as a scholarly and applied discipline, is concerned with the morality of behavior in medical matters. The field of cerebrovascular disease is a worthy paradigm of medical ethical issue. Victims, whether they be patients or their families, are vulnerable, and the ethical virtues of kindness, understanding, compassion, mercy, and justice are badly needed. A variety of hypothetical ethical scenarios faced by the physician are discussed in this article in addition to four actual patient studies with commentary.
Foley
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Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male