
Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II
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1016 pages
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21 September 2007
Summary
The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues. Volume I examines issues in death and consent: the nature of death, brain death and the uses of the dead and decision-making at the end of life, including the use of advance directives and decision-making about the continuation, discontinuation, or futility of treatment for competent and incompetent patients and children. Volume II, on justice and hastening death, exami…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780754621744 |
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ISBN-10: | 075462174X |
Series: | The International Library of Medicine, Ethics and Law |
Author: | Leslie P. Francis, Margaret P. Battin |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Format: | Book & Merchandise |
Number of Pages: | 1016 |
Release Date: | 21 September 2007 |
Weight: | 453g |
Dimensions: | 246mm x 174mm |
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About The Author
Leslie P. Francis
Margaret P. Battin is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, USA. Professor Leslie P. Francis is Professor of Philosophy and Law and Chair of the Philosophy Department, University of Utah, USA. Bruce L. Landesman is Associate Professor at the Department Philosophy at the University of Utah, USA. Daniel Callahan, Anthony L. Brueckner, John Martin Fischer, Fred Feldman, Michael B. Green, Daniel Wikler, Robert M. Arnold, Stuart J Youngner, Allen Buchanan, Franz J. Inglefinger, Mark D. Sullivan, Joanne Lynn, Dan Brock, John D. Arras, Rebecca S. Dresser, John A. Robertson, Mark Yarborough, John Hardwig, Steven H. Miles, Allison August, Raymond S. Duff, A.G.M. Campbell, John A. Robertson, Nancy S. Jecker, Lawrence J. Schneiderman, James Rachels, Bonnie Steinbock, Timothy E. Quill , Judith Jarvis Thomson, Eric Rakowski, Phillipa Foot, Yale Kamisar, Margaret P. Battin, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Howard Brody, J.David Vellman, David Orentlicher, President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Amy Gutmann, Sarah Marchand, Bruce Landesman, George J. Annas, John Harris, Norman Daniels, Felicia Akerman.
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