Matters of life and death : making moral theory work in medical ethics and the law /

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Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. David Orentlicher seeks to change that, drawing on his extensive e...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Orentlicher, David, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Medical care > Law and legislation > United States.
Medical ethics > United States.
Ethics, Medical
Éthique médicale.
Éthique médicale > États-Unis.
MEDICAL / General
Medical ethics
Medical care > Law and legislation
United States
Bok, Sissela: on deceit of the public.
Brett, Allan: on camouflaging rationing.
Brody, Howard: on medical futility.
Calabresi, Guido: on tragic choices.
Dworkin, Ronald: on a right to assisted suicide.
Epstein, Richard: on legal prohibitions of consensual killing.
Frader, Joel: on camouflaging rationing.
Gilgunn, Catherine: and medical futility law.
HIV testing: mandatory testing and reporting.
New Jersey law: on brain death.
Rawls, John: on rules.
Schauer, Frederick: on rules.
amniocentesis: for Down's syndrome.
aresponsible agencies: for making tragic choices.
bodily integrity: as a core right.
courts: and a right to assisted suicide.
curable patient: example of.
death: natural versus unnatural.
duty to warn: for psychiatrists.
folic acid: supplementation during pregnancy.
general rights: versus specific rights.
generally valid rules.
indeterminacy: of legal principles.
killing: versus letting die.
lesser rights: versus greater rights.
moral intuition: and right-to-die law.
perverse incentives concern.
pragmatism.
rules: and avoiding bias.
specific rights: versus general rights.
theories in medical ethics.
translating theory into practice.
virtue ethics: as a leading bioethical theory.
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