Life and Death
Philosophical Essays in Biomedical Ethics
How should modern medicine's dramatic new powers to sustain life be employed? How should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection, Dan Brock, a distinguished philosopher and bioethicist and co-author of Deciding for Others (Cambridge, 1989), explores the moral issues raised by new ideals of shared decision making between physicians and patients. The book develops an ethical framework for decisions about life-sustaining treatment and euthanasia, and examines how these life and death decisions are transformed in health policy when the focus shifts from what is best for a patient to what is just for…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-42833-0
- EAN: 9780521428330
- Produktnummer: 9738678
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Seitenangabe: 452 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.6 cm 689 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 689
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