Thomas A Preston
Biographic Data
| ID | 6516550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Preston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Preston |
| SIGNATURE | PRESTON T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | b University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Characteristics of Persons Approving of Physician-Assisted Death
The present study describes the characteristics and attitudes of non-terminally ill persons who support physician-assisted death (PAD) along with their expectations and preferences for care in the future. Participants (N = 101) completed a survey assessing current affect and attitudes and those expected if terminally ill. Participants' responses indicated they were a well-adjusted group with little evidence of depressive symptoms or past suicidal…
Autonomy in Physician-Assisted Suicide
Madam: I am responding to the article by Tania Salem, Physician-Assisted Suicide: Promoting Autonomy-Or Medicalizing Suicide? (HCR, MayJune 1999). Salem notes that 80 percent of deaths in the United States take place in health care facilities, while as recently as only fifty years ago the number was much less. There is no question that that is the case, but in my role as a radiation oncologist, it has become quite clear to me that the vast majori…
The Personal as Political
The Fears of the Dying
Who Benefits from the Artificial Heart
The central issue regarding the artificial heart is whether its\nutilization should be directed by a small group of medical investigators and\ntheir entrepreneurial backers, or by representatives of the society that has\ndeveloped the technology and will have to live with its consequences. Preston\nquestions the claims of the Humana hospital team that the artificial heart is\na needed technology and that the present model is of therapeutic benefi…
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Who Benefits from the Artificial Heart
The central issue regarding the artificial heart is whether its\nutilization should be directed by a small group of medical investigators and\ntheir entrepreneurial backers, or by representatives of the society that has\ndeveloped the technology and will have to live with its consequences. Preston\nquestions the claims of the Humana hospital team that the artificial heart is\na needed technology and that the present model is of therapeutic benefi…
The Fears of the Dying
The Personal as Political
Autonomy in Physician-Assisted Suicide
Madam: I am responding to the article by Tania Salem, Physician-Assisted Suicide: Promoting Autonomy-Or Medicalizing Suicide? (HCR, MayJune 1999). Salem notes that 80 percent of deaths in the United States take place in health care facilities, while as recently as only fifty years ago the number was much less. There is no question that that is the case, but in my role as a radiation oncologist, it has become quite clear to me that the vast majori…
Characteristics of Persons Approving of Physician-Assisted Death
The present study describes the characteristics and attitudes of non-terminally ill persons who support physician-assisted death (PAD) along with their expectations and preferences for care in the future. Participants (N = 101) completed a survey assessing current affect and attitudes and those expected if terminally ill. Participants' responses indicated they were a well-adjusted group with little evidence of depressive symptoms or past suicidal…
Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Suicide prevention (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work)