Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II, 9780754621744
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These two volumes present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues.

Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II

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    1016 pages

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    21 September 2007

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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
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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