Advance Directives

This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations. Although advance directives have bee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lack, Peter (Editor ), Biller-Andorno, Nikola (Editor ), Brauer, Susanne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 54
Temas:
Bioethics.
Ethics.
Public health.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Public Health.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface (Editors)
  • Part I; History of Advance Directives and Prerequisites for Validity
  • 1. Historical Review of Advance Directives; Alfred Simon
  • 2. Personal Capacity to Anticipate Future Illness and Treatment Preferences; Marie-Jo Thiel
  • 3. Advance Directives in Psychiatry Jochen Vollmann
  • Part II; Defining the Scope of Advance Directives
  • 4. On the Scope and Limits of Advance Directives and Prospective Autonomy; Robert Olick
  • 5. Revocation of Advance Directives; Ralf Jox
  • 6. Limitations to the Scope and Binding Force of Advance Directives: the Conflict Between Compulsory Treatment and the Right to Self‑Determination; Jacqueline Atkinson & Jacqueline Reilly
  • 7. Advance Directives in the Context of Imprisonment; Bernice Elger
  • Part III; Effects on Family, Friends and Professional Relations
  • 8. Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis; Mark Aulisio
  • 9. Advance Directives and the Role of Family and Close Persons - Legal Provisions and; Challenges; Margot Michel
  • 10. Advance Directives and the Ethos of Good Nursing Care; Settimio Monteverde
  • Part IV; Ethical Challenges
  • 11. Advance Directives Between Respect for Patient Autonomy and Paternalism; Manuel Trachsel et al.
  • 12. The Use of Advance Directives in the Context of Limited Resources for Healthcare; Ruth Horn & Ruud ter Meulen
  • 13. From Legal Documents to Patient-Oriented Processes: The Evolution of Advance Care Planning; Tanja Krones & Sohaila Bastami
  • Part V; Conclusions
  • 14. Concluding Remarks; Editors
  • Information on Editors and Authors.

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