Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

"[Cantor provides] both a cogent and provocative text and prodigious references." —The New England Journal of Medicine"Cantor develops a careful and accessible ethic of autonomy and dignity regarding forgoing life-prolonging medical treatment . . . " —Ethics"A thoughtful, informative and sensitive text . . . " —European Medical Journal"Professor Cantor of Rutgers University School of Law has created a scholarly and sophisticated, yet quite accessible, legal analysis of the subject of advance directives . . . detailed, exhaustively referenced . . . " —The Florida Bar Journal"This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about advance directives for health care." —Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal"Cantor provides a very thorough, reliable, and readable guide . . . " —Robert M. Veatch, Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown UniversityCantor examines the medical, legal, and moral issues surrounding advance medical directives—those devices aimed at controlling medical intervention during the dying process after the patient is no longer competent.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-10-22
Mått:156 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medical Ethics
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253313041

Utforska kategorier

Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

NORMAN L. CANTOR is Professor of Law and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, and is also a member of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. He served as an advisor to counsel in the Karen Ann Quinlan case and as advisor to the New Jersey Bioethics Committee. He is author of Legal Frontiers of Death and Dying and numerous law journal articles covering legal aspects of death and dying.

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION: ON RESTRAINING LIFE-PRESERVING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY1. The Bounds of Autonomy for Competent Medical Patients2. Advance Directives and Problems of Prospective Autonomy3. Choosing the Best Format in Light of the Statutory Framework for Advance Directives4. Drafting Advance Instructions5. Interpretation and Administration of Advance Directives6. The Moral Boundaries of Shaping Post-Competence Medical Care7. Enforcing Advance Directives8. New Jersey's Model LegislationAppendix A: Advance Directive for Health CareAppendix B: Form Health-Care Power of AttorneyAppendix C: The New Jersey Bioethics Commission's Combined Advance Directive for Health Care (Combined Proxy and Instruction Directive)Appendix D: A Values ProfileNotesIndex