End-of-life decisions in medical care principles and policies for regulating the dying process

• Main Author: Smith, Stephen W. 1973- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
• Series: Cambridge bioethics and law
• Subjects: Right to Die > ethics; Right to Die > legislation & jurisprudence; Ethics, Medical; Euthanasia > ethics
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"Those involved in end-of-life decision making must take into account both legal and ethical issues. This book starts with a critical reflection of ethical principles including ideas such as moral status, the value of life, acts and omissions, harm, autonomy, dignity and paternalism. It then ex...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note:
• Introduction
• Moral status
• The value of life
• Killing versus letting die and moral responsibility
• Autonomy and paternalism
• Beneficence, non-maleficence and harm
• Dignity
• A comprehensive ethical approach
• Introduction to Part Two
• Protection of patients
• The impact on health care practitioners
• Greater societal issues
• Slippery slope arguments
• Necessary procedural protections
• Conclusions.