Death Rites (eBook, ePUB)

Law and Ethics at the End of Life
Redaktion: Lee, Robert; Morgan, Derek

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134826315
• Artikelnr.: 42710984

Autorenporträt

Robert Lee, Derek Morgan

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors, Preface Law, ethics and death: silence and symbolism, 1 AGAINST THE DEFINITION OF BRAINSTEM DEATH, 2 'WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?', 3 POWER OVER DEATH: THE FINAL STING, 4 CORPSES, RECYCLING AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES, 5 MEDICAL FUTILITY: CPR, 6 ICU TRIAGE: THE ETHICS OF SCARCITY, THE IDEAL OF IMPARTIALITY AND THE INADVERTENT ENDORSEMENT OF EVIL, 7 FROM VISION TO SYSTEM: THE MATURING OF THE HOSPICE MOVEMENT, 8 ANIMAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS: MEDICAL ETHICS AND THE KILLING OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS, 9 TAILORING MULTIPARITY: THE DILEMMAS SURROUNDING DEATH BY SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF PREGNANCY, 10 DISASTERS: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES IN SHAPING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF DEATH, 11 RELATIVELY LATE PAYMENTS: DAMAGES BEYOND DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT, 12 RISKING DEATH BY DANGEROUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE CRIMINAL LAW, 13 DEATHLY SILENCE: DOCTORS' DUTY TO DISCLOSE DANGERS OF DEATH, Index