Making Sense of Advance Directives
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Clinical Medical Ethics
ISBN-10
0792311639
ISBN-13
9780792311638
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 1991
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
468 grams
Dimensions
24.50 x 16.40 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Medical ethics & professional conductMedical ethics and professional conduct
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Presents a historical and conceptual examination of the patient's role in medical decision-making and the refusal of treatment, with special attention to the problems of advance decision-making. This book also examines the suggested policy in light of growing concerns about the scarcity of funds and resources for health care.
One: Introduction.- Two: Treatment Refusal and the Patient''s Choice: Foundations in History, Law, and Ethics.- Three: The "Future Factor": Conceptual Foundations of Advance Directives.- Four: Advance Directives: Current Forms, Legal Fears, Moral Goals.- Five: When Choices Fail.- Six: The Forecast for Advance Directives: Indispensable or Superfluous?.- Bibliography: Books and Articles.- Bibliography: Cases and Statutes.- Appendix: Advance Directive Statutes, State-by-State Listing.
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