End-of-life decisions in medical care : principles and policies for regulating the dying process /

"Those involved in end-of-life decision making must take into account both legal and ethical issues. This book starts with a critical reflection of ethical principles including ideas such as moral status, the value of life, acts and omissions, harm, autonomy, dignity and paternalism. It then ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Stephen W., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Cambridge bioethics and law.
Temas:
Terminal care > Law and legislation.
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to die > Ethics.
Right to die > Law and legislation.
Euthanasia > Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Death > Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to Die > ethics
Right to Die > legislation & jurisprudence
Ethics, Medical
Euthanasia > ethics
Suicide, Assisted > ethics
Soins en phase terminale > Aspect moral.
Droit à la mort > Morale.
Euthanasie > Morale.
Éthique médicale.
Mort > Aspect moral.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Death > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Right to die > Law and legislation
Terminal care > Law and legislation
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Moral status
  • The value of life
  • Killing versus letting die and moral responsibility
  • Autonomy and paternalism
  • Beneficence, non-maleficence and harm
  • Dignity
  • A comprehensive ethical approach
  • Introduction to Part Two
  • Protection of patients
  • The impact on health care practitioners
  • Greater societal issues
  • Slippery slope arguments
  • Necessary procedural protections
  • Conclusions.

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