This book offers an innovative perspective on the critical distinction between acts and omissions in criminal law, a distinction that runs like a defining thread through all types of criminal offenses. This book will be of interest to researchers, a...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers an examination of physician-assisted death, but it also extends the discussion to a broader range of end-of-life decisions including suicide, palliative care and sedation until death....Lasīt vairāk
Presents several theoretical and empirical articles on the topic of euthanasia, doctor-assisted suicide and suicide. This book includes some preliminary work on seven cases of physician-assisted suicides in Australia....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Jul-2013, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199974566)
The Hastings Centers 1987 Guidelines shaped the ethical and legal framework for treatment decision-making and end-of-life care in the U.S. This updated edition offers comprehensive practical guidance to professionals caring for seriously ill adults...Lasīt vairāk
This book will focus upon decisions to withhold or withdraw life-supporting treatment from incompetent patients. The book offers a critical examination of the latest developments with a view to developing a new framework for resolving disputes in th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Apr-2012, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199589555)
The principle of the sanctity of life is key to the law governing medical practice and professional medical ethics. It is also widely misunderstood. This book clarifies the principle and considers how it influences the law governing abortion; test-...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Jul-2011, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199607983)
L.W. Sumner explores the ethical and legal status of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and argues powerfully that these forms of assisted death can claim the same justification as other widely accepted end-of-life practices. He surveys the...Lasīt vairāk
This book includes recent legal developments and research and has been expanded to include a treatment of Belgium where euthanasia is now legal....Lasīt vairāk
Discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia from a secular natural law perspective. This book explains issues that shape the moral quality of an action: intention/foresight; action/omission; action/consequences; killing/letting die; innocence/non-inno...Lasīt vairāk
Argues that the law governing the ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and contradictory. This book shows that the rules are in competition because the ethical principles underlying them are so diverse and conflicting. It covers...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Mar-2007, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199212873)
The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. This book examines the impact of the choice of diverse legal r...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines legal responses to euthanasia and whether legal reform is an appropriate response to calls for it to be more readily available....Lasīt vairāk
Engaging the question of how to balance a patients sense about the right way to die, a physicians role as a healer, and the states interest in preventing killing, Dying Right captures the ethical, legal, moral and medical complexities...Lasīt vairāk
Should human beings be allowed to decide when to die? Should doctors be allowed to assist them? This book presents descriptions of euthanasia in practice in the Netherlands. It helps clinicians and other medical professionals better understand end-o...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Sep-2000, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198298687)
Voluntary Euthanasia critically examines the criminal law prohibition of medically administered active voluntary euthanasia in common law jurisdictions and looks at the situation in practice. The evidence of patient demands and the willingness of so...Lasīt vairāk
By offering views from a range of disciplines, including bioethics, law, medicine, and religion this book draws attention to the variety of questions to be addressed....Lasīt vairāk
The key issue in all right-to-die matters is who decides? Who will decide whether life support should be terminated? Who will decide if a person is competent to make life and death decisions? This volume is a collection of writings and case studies...Lasīt vairāk
