Extending the boundaries of life: implications for practice.
Recent advances in medical technology are confounding traditional definitions of life and death and even of who is a person. This article considers the implications of these developments for social workers and presents a technique for helping clients make decisions in the face of ethical dilemmas created by new medical technologies.
D001926:Brain Death; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000523:psychology; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011640:Public Policy; D012947:Social Work; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology