Title Making medical decisions for the profoundly mentally disabled / Norman L. Cantor

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2004

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Description vi, 307 pages Series Basic bioethics Basic bioethics. Contents 1. The moral status of the profoundly disabled : persons or something less? -- 2. The profoundly disabled as rights holders : no rights, the same rights as the fully capacitated, or some rights? -- 3. Who decides for the profoundly disabled? -- 4. Defining the best interests of profoundly disabled persons -- 5. Forced altruism -- 6. The voice of the profoundly disabled person Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Conservatorships -- United States. Guardian and ward -- United States. Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States. Insanity (Law) -- United States. Medical ethics -- United States -- Decision making. Insanity (Law) -- United States -- Jurisprudence Mental health laws -- United States. Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States. LC no. 2004057805 ISBN 0262033313 (alk. paper)

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