Making Sense of Advance Directives
revised edition
$190.93
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
31 January 1996
Summary
Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Nancy M.P. King provides a legal, philosophical, and historical analysis of the moral and legal force of advance directives. She explains the types and models of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780878406050 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0878406050 |
| Series: | Clinical Medical Ethics series |
| Author: | Nancy M.P. King |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 31 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The book is directed primarily at clinician … [and] is also accessible to intelligent readers generally. It can provide help to individuals as they develop or revise their own directives, and it can aid administrators and institutional ethics committees as they struggle with policy and procedural issues … the best single book on this timely topic.
– “Medical Humanities Review”About The Author
Nancy M.P. King
Nancy M.P. King is a lawyer and an professor in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.