Ethics at the End of Life (eBook, PDF)

New Issues and Arguments
Redaktion: Davis, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The 14 chapters in Ethics at the End of Life: New Issues and Arguments, all published here for the first time, focus on recent thinking in this important area, helping initiate issues and lines of argument that have not been explored previously.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317541479
• Artikelnr.: 47386854

Autorenporträt

John K. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. He has published articles on various aspects of end of life care.

Inhaltsangabe

John K. Davis
"Introduction" Geoffrey Scarre
"Is it possible to be better off dead?" Taylor W. Cyr
"How Does Death Harm the Deceased?" Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin
"The Significance of an Afterlife" Jens Johansson
"The Severity of Death" John K. Davis
"Defining Death" James Stacey Taylor
"Autonomy
Competence
and End of Life" Eric Vogelstein
"Deciding for the Incompetent" Paul T. Menzel
"Change of Mind: An Issue for Advance Directives" Nancy S. Jecker
"Medical Futility and Respect for Patient Autonomy" Paul T. Menzel
"Refusing Lifesaving Medical Treatment and Food and Water by Mouth" Thomas S. Huddle
"Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide
the Doing-Allowing Distinction and Double Effect" Michael Cholbi
"Grief and End of Life Surrogate Decision-making" Bruce Jennings
"Solidarity near the End of Life: The Promise of Relational Decision-making in the Care of the Dying" Colin Farrelly
"Justice and the Aging of the Human Species"