Life-sustaining technologies and the elderly
By: Office of Technology Assessment task force ; project directors, Claire W. Maklan, Katie Maslow, Robert A. Harootyan ; special contributors, Nancy B. Cummings, Kathryn S. Aultman, Lisa J. Raines.
Contributors: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Edition: Authorized hardbound ed.
Series: Health and life science books
Publisher: Science Information Resource Center; Lippincott
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: Older people -- Diseases -- Treatment.; Life support systems (Critical care); Older people -- Medical care -- Social aspects.; Older people -- Medical care -- Economic aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Includes the full text of the Office of Technology Assessment special report entitled Life-sustaining technologies and the elderly.