Dr. Lawrence James Nelson M.D.
Family Practitioner
777 Clairton Blvd Pittsburgh PA, 15236Rating
5/5
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Dr. Lawrence Nelson is a family practitioner practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Nelson specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Nelson possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1970
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Editor's introduction.
- Surrogate decision making for mentally incapacitated adults.
- Legal liability of institutional ethics committees to patients.
- Forgoing treatment of critically ill newborns and the legal legacy of Baby Doe.
- Foregoing nutrition and hydration.
- The Wanglie case: a demand for treatment clashes with medical integrity.
- Bioethics in the courts: summaries of selected judicial decisions, 1989 to 1995.
- Compulsory treatment of pregnant women.
- Model guidelines for the development of institutional policy on the termination of life support and commentary: Part I.
- Respect for the developmentally disabled and forgoing life-sustaining treatment.
- Preimplantation diagnosis.
- Is there any indication for ethics evidence? An argument for the admissibility of some expert bioethics testimony.
- Persistent indeterminate state: reflections on the Wendland case.
- The Wendland case: on families and fantasies.
- Confronting deep moral disagreement: the President's Council on Bioethics, moral status, and human embryos.
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