Conversations on the Edge
Subtitle: Narratives of Ethics and Illness
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780878403486
Subjects: Philosophy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical / Nursing; Sick; Psychology; Physician & Patient; Essays; Ethics; Case studies; Medical ethics; Physician and patient
First sentence: Years ago, not long after the time I first became a somewhat regular, if also odd, presence in our newborn intensive care unit, or NICU, one of the attending physicians in the unit, Dr. Peter Shannon, had asked a nurse, Rebecca Warren, to ask me to meet with the parents of twins, both born recently very prematurely, and both currently in the unit.