Ronald E Cranford
Biographic Data
| ID | 6000256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald E Cranford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald E |
| FAMILY NAME | Cranford |
| SIGNATURE | CRANFORD R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hennepin County Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Diagnosing The Permanent Vegetative State
Neurologists need to understand and be able to identify the most distinguishing features of permanent vegetative state
The Top Ten Reasons Not To Mary a Bioethicist
Helga Wanglie's Ventilator
Cranford lays out the facts in the dispute between the Hennepin\nCounty Medical Center and the family of Helga Wanglie, an 86-year-old\nventilator-dependent patient in a persistent vegetative state. Mrs. Wanglie's\nhusband, supported by the couple's children, insists that all forms of\ntreatment be continued while health personnel believe that further treatment\nis not indicated based on the patient's prognosis. Failure on the part of the\nfamily…
A Hostage to Technology
In its September/October issue, the Hastings Center Report published six brief essays with a short introduction by Courtney S. Campbell under the collective title of "Cruzan: clear and convincing?" These articles present a range of responses from participants, parents, constitutional scholars, and caregivers to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (June 25, 1990). Ronald E. Cranford is a neurologi…
Evaluating Ethics Committees
Are ethics committees doing good? If so, how do they accomplish this and who benefits from their efforts? effects have they on the individuals and institutions they serve? Since ethics committees have been part of the health care system for more than a decade, the time has come to consider ways of evaluating their effectiveness. Committees in our network have been developing various approaches to self-assessment Most ethics committees perform sev…
The Persistent Vegetative State
Th persistent vegetative state remains a puzzle. The Karen Ann\nQuinlan case concerned a PVS patient. Yet more than a decade later we are\nstill confused about what PVS is, still debating what principles should govern\ntreatment decisions for these patients--indeed some worry about whether these\npatients should be considered alive at all. Ronald Cranford begins at the\nbeginning, with the medical facts. Even among health care professionals,\ncon…
Food, Fluids, and Physicians' Obligations
Definition of Brain Death
“It is important to be clear on what determination of death statutes involve.... It is equally important to understand the objections to such legislation, analyze and evaluate them, and devise a coherent public policy position on the issue. That policy must be medically sound, ethically appropriate, and theologically acceptable.”
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Definition of Brain Death
“It is important to be clear on what determination of death statutes involve.... It is equally important to understand the objections to such legislation, analyze and evaluate them, and devise a coherent public policy position on the issue. That policy must be medically sound, ethically appropriate, and theologically acceptable.”
The Persistent Vegetative State
Th persistent vegetative state remains a puzzle. The Karen Ann\nQuinlan case concerned a PVS patient. Yet more than a decade later we are\nstill confused about what PVS is, still debating what principles should govern\ntreatment decisions for these patients--indeed some worry about whether these\npatients should be considered alive at all. Ronald Cranford begins at the\nbeginning, with the medical facts. Even among health care professionals,\ncon…
Food, Fluids, and Physicians' Obligations
Evaluating Ethics Committees
Are ethics committees doing good? If so, how do they accomplish this and who benefits from their efforts? effects have they on the individuals and institutions they serve? Since ethics committees have been part of the health care system for more than a decade, the time has come to consider ways of evaluating their effectiveness. Committees in our network have been developing various approaches to self-assessment Most ethics committees perform sev…
A Hostage to Technology
In its September/October issue, the Hastings Center Report published six brief essays with a short introduction by Courtney S. Campbell under the collective title of "Cruzan: clear and convincing?" These articles present a range of responses from participants, parents, constitutional scholars, and caregivers to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (June 25, 1990). Ronald E. Cranford is a neurologi…
Helga Wanglie's Ventilator
Cranford lays out the facts in the dispute between the Hennepin\nCounty Medical Center and the family of Helga Wanglie, an 86-year-old\nventilator-dependent patient in a persistent vegetative state. Mrs. Wanglie's\nhusband, supported by the couple's children, insists that all forms of\ntreatment be continued while health personnel believe that further treatment\nis not indicated based on the patient's prognosis. Failure on the part of the\nfamily…
The Top Ten Reasons Not To Mary a Bioethicist
Diagnosing The Permanent Vegetative State
Neurologists need to understand and be able to identify the most distinguishing features of permanent vegetative state
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Bioethics (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (2 works)