| Description |
xiv, 458 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Definition of Death. The Emergence of a Brain-Oriented Definition. Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Definition of Death / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Guidelines for the Determination of Death / Report of the Medical Consultants on the Diagnosis of Death to the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Non-Brain Formulations: The Alternative to the Brain-based Definitions / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Against the Stream: Comments on the Definition and Redefinition of Death / Hans Jonas. Establishing Criteria of Death / J. David Bleich. Controversies Surrounding the Definition. The Higher Brain Formulations / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The Impending Collapse of the Whole-Brain Definition of Death / Robert M. Veatch. In re T.A.C.P. (Baby Theresa) / Supreme Court of Florida. Brain Death, Religious Freedom, and Public Policy / Robert S. Olick -- 2. Truthtelling with Dying Patients. Survey Data. Changes in Physicians' Attitudes Toward Telling the Cancer Patient / Dennis H. Novack, Robin Plumer, Raymond L. Smith, Herbert Ochitill, Gary R. Morrow and John M. Bennett. Arguments Grounded in Consequences. Truth and the Physician / Bernard C. Meyer. The Classification of Duties - Veracity / Henry Sidgwick. The Use of Truth and Falsehood in Medicine: An Experimental Study / Richard C. Cabot. Arguments Grounded in Duty. On the Supposed Right to Tell Lies From Benevolent Motives / Immanuel Kant. Truthfulness as a Prima Facie Duty / W. D. Ross. Examples of Mixed or Balancing Approaches. Telling the Truth / Jennifer Jackson. Truth in Our Intercourse with the Sick / Worthington Hooker -- 3. Suicide. The Definition of Suicide. Defining Suicide. Manuel G. Velasquez. The Problem of Defining Suicide / Tom L. Beauchamp. Classical Problems in the Morality of Suicide. Whether It Is Lawful to Kill Oneself / St. Thomas Aquinas. Of Suicide / David Hume. The Prevention, Intervention, and Control of Suicide. Moral Problems of Suicide Intervention / Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress. The Role of Law in Suicide Prevention: Beyond Civil Commitment - A Bystander's Duty to Report Suicide Threats / Kate E. Block. Whose Life is it Anyway? / Joel Feinberg. Suicide Prevention and the Value of Human Life / Erwin Ringel -- 4. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Problems in the Morality of Actions by Physicians. Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making / Timothy E. Quill. Distortion of the Healing Relationship / Edmund D. Pellegrino. A Case Against Dutch Euthanasia / Richard Fenigsen. Problems in Law and Public Policy. Medical Practice with Regard to Euthanasia and Related Medical Decisions in the Netherlands / Ministry of Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, The Netherlands, The Remmelink Report. Sue Rodriguez v. Attorney General of Canada and Attorney General of British Columbia / Supreme Court of Canada. People of the State of Michigan v. Jack Kevorkian / David F. Breck. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act -- 5. Forgoing Treatment and Causing Death. Active and Passive Euthanasia. Active and Passive Euthanasia / James Rachels. Rachels on Active and Passive Euthanasia / Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress. Intending and Causing Death. Concurring in United States Supreme Court, Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health / Antonin Scalia. Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Cause of Death / Dan W. Brock. Intending to Kill and the Principle of Double Effect / Edmund D. Pellegrino. Patient Refusal of Hydration and Nutrition: An Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide or Voluntary Active Euthanasia / James L. Bernat, Bernard Gert and R. Peter Mogielnicki -- 6. Decisions to Forgo Treatment Involving (Once) Competent Persons. Decisions by Competent Adults. Bouvia v. Superior Court / California Court of Appeals, Second District. Conflicts between Patients' Wishes to Forgo Treatment and the Policies of Health Care Facilities / Steven H. Miles, Peter A. Singer and Mark Siegler. State of Georgia v. McAfee / Supreme Court of Georgia. Helping Larry James McAfee Die / Nat Hentoff. The Medical Directive / Linda L. Emanuel and Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Trumping Advance Directives / Dan W. Brock. Decisions on Behalf of Formerly Competent Adults. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health / United States Supreme Court. Life and Death Choices after Cruzan / Larry Gostin. Cruzan: No Rights Violated! / John A. Robertson -- 7. Decisions to Forgo Treatment Involving Never-Competent Patients. Decisions on Behalf of Children. In the Matter of the Treatment and Care of Infant Doe / Circuit Court for the County of Monroe, State of Indiana. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services. Treatment Decisions for Seriously Ill Newborns: Ethical Critique of Baby Doe Rule / American Medical Association, Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Human Rights and the Omission or Cessation of Treatment for Infants / Amnon Goldworth. The Right to Die vs. Death in the Best Interests of the Infant / Alan R. Fleischman. The Linares Affair / John D. Lantos, Steven H. Miles and Christine K. Cassel. Decisions on Behalf of Adults. Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz / Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire. Deciding for Others: The Permanently Unconscious and the Severely and Permanently Demented / Allen E. Buchanan and Dan W. Brock. The Small Beginnings of Euthanasia: Examining the Erosion in Legal Prohibitions against Mercy-Killing / C. Everett Koop and Edward R. Grant -- 8. Futile Treatment and Terminal Care. The Concept of Futility. Who Defines Futility? / Stuart J. Youngner. Futility: A Concept in Search of a Definition / Ronald Cranford and Lawrence Gostin. The Case of Helga Wanglie. In re: the Conservatorship of Helga M. Wanglie / State of Minnesota, District Court, Probate Court Division, County of Hennepin, Fourth Judicial District. Informed Demand for Non-Beneficial Medical Treatment / Steven H. Miles. The Case of Helga Wanglie: A New Kind of Right to Die Case / Marcia Angell. The Case of Baby K. The Moral Debate. The Concept of Futility: Patients Do Not Have a Right to Demand Medically Useless Treatment / James F. Drane and John L. Coulehan. Futile Care: Physicians Should Not Be Allowed to Refuse to Treat / Robert M. Veatch and Carol Mason Spicer -- 9. Social Reasons for Limiting Terminal Care. An Opening Case. When is Patient Care not Costworthy? / Dan W. Brock. The Economics of Terminal Care. New Do-not-Resuscitate Policies: A First Step in Cost Control / Donald J. Murphy and Thomas E. Finucane. For the SUPPORT Investigators, Prognosis-Based Futility Guidelines: Does Anyone Win? / Joan M. Teno, et al. Moral Reflection on the Economics of Terminal Care. Medical Care at the End of Life: The Interaction of Economics and Ethics / A. A. Scitovsky and A. M. Capron. Quailty of Life and Resource Allocation / Michael Lockwood. Age and the Allocation of Resources. The Value of Life / John Harris. Limiting Health Care for the Old / Daniel Callahan. A Lifespan Approach to Health Care / Norman Daniels. How Age Should Matter: Justice as the Basis for Limiting Care to the Elderly / Robert M. Veatch |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-458) |
| Subject |
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Right to die.
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Suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Euthanasia.
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Death.
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Euthanasia.
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Suicide.
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Terminal Care.
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Death.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Euthanasia.
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Suicide.
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Terminal Care.
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| Author |
Beauchamp, Tom L.
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Veatch, Robert M.
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| LC no. |
95009228 |
| ISBN |
0132827328 |
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