Life and death : philosophical essays in biomedical ethics / Dan W. Brock.
By: Brock, Dan W
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993Description: xi, 435 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521417856 (hardback); 0521428335 (pbk.)Subject(s): Medical ethicsDDC classification: 174/.24 LOC classification: R724 | .B753 1993Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
tInformed consent --
_tThe ideal of shared decision making between physicians and patients --
_tWhen competent patients make irrational choices /
_rcoauthored by Steven A. Wartman --
_tMoral rights and permissible killing --
_tTaking human life --
_tDeath and dying --
_tForgoing life-sustaining food and water : is it killing? --
_tVoluntary active euthanasia --
_tThe value of prolonging human life --
_tQuality of life measures in health care and medical ethics --
_tThe problem of low benefit/high cost health care --
_tJustice and the severely demented elderly --
_tJustice, health care, and the elderly --
_tTruth or consequences : the role of philosophers in policy-making.
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