Download or read book Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity written by Norman L. Cantor and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Cantor provides] both a cogent and provocative text and prodigious references." -- The New England Journal of Medicine "Cantor develops a careful and accessible ethic of autonomy and dignity regarding forgoing life-prolonging medical treatment... " -- Ethics "A thoughtful, informative and sensitive text... " -- European Medical Journal "Professor Cantor of Rutgers University School of Law has created a scholarly and sophisticated, yet quite accessible, legal analysis of the subject of advance directives... detailed, exhaustively referenced... " -- The Florida Bar Journal "This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about advance directives for health care." -- Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "Cantor provides a very thorough, reliable, and readable guide... " -- Robert M. Veatch, Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University Cantor examines the medical, legal, and moral issues surrounding advance medical directives -- those devices aimed at controlling medical intervention during the dying process after the patient is no longer competent.
Download or read book Self Determination Dignity and End of Life Care written by Stefania Negri and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation in international, European and domestic law, this book offers new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the debate over dignity and autonomy at the end of life.
Download or read book Final Directives written by Mark Davis and published by Mark Davis. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dying is not a right. Government has seized the opportunity to intervene in peoples’ lives when end of life issues arise. Without a clearly written statement of medical directives the health system is forced to turn to blind courts and aggressive prosecutors to guide them. In this book are a series of cases confronting those in the last days of their lives. Many of these patients made national headlines in their fight to die with dignity. In one specific case a State forced a hospital to keep a brain dead individual alive indefinitely. Doctor Mark Davis has had the privilege of working with several hundred individuals at the most sensitive times in their lives. He brings experienced insights to a subject quietly discussed in the shadows of our society. This book displays many paths to avoid government’s intrusive hand allowing outcomes that otherwise would have been made by bureaucrats.
Download or read book Death with Dignity written by Robert Orfali and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author makes a case for legalized physician-assisted dying. Using the latest data from Oregon and the Netherlands, he puts a new slant on perennial debate topics such as "slippery slopes," "the integrity of medicine," and "sanctity of life." This book provides an in-depth look at how we die in America today. It examines the shortcomings of our end-of-life system. You will learn about terminal torture in hospital ICUs and about the alternatives: hospice and palliative care. The author scrutinizes the good, the bad, and the ugly. He provides a critique of the practice of palliative sedation. The book makes a strong case that assisted dying complements hospice. By providing both, Oregon now has the best palliative-care system in America. This book, above all, may help you or someone you care about navigate this strange landscape we call "end of life." It can be an informed guide to "a good death" in the age of hospice and high-tech medical intervention.
Download or read book The Right to Die written by John E. Ferguson and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of controversial essays that debate issues related to a person's right to die including such cases as Karen Ann Quinlan in 1976, Terri Schiavo in 2005, and the trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Download or read book The Right to Die written by Alan Meisel and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 2023 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law
Download or read book Death with Dignity written by Robert L. Risley and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most significant & controversial issues of our time is voluntary euthanasia: do we have the right, when dying with unbearable suffering, to ask a physician for assistance in suicide? At present such an action is against the law in all Western societies except the Netherlands, where it is permitted though not actually legalized. Robert L. Risley is a Los Angeles lawyer who was principal author of the Death With Dignity Act which, when passed, will permit lawful physician aid-in-dying. In this book, Mr. Risley explains the background to the new law, why it is necessary, & tackles the critics who claim that is a slippery slope back to conduct similar to Nazi Germany. The entire Death With Dignity Act is an appendix.
Download or read book Human Dignity and Assisted Death written by Sebastian Muders and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the notion of dignity already plays an important role in medical contexts: it is frequently used by health care professionals as well as patients. However, its use in these contexts needs to be analyzed and explained in more detail. Moreover, a review of the available literature clearly shows that the general, highly fruitful academic debate on human dignity is more than ready to take the next step into applied ethics: in particular, into the even more controversial area of assisted death. This book offers a detailed philosophical analysis of dignity and how it relates to assisted death. Its audience will benefit both from the general discussion of human dignity it offers as well as from the specific bioethical context to which it is applied.
Download or read book To Live and Die with Dignity written by Samuel L. Peluso and published by Vista Publishing (NJ). This book was released on 1991 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book takes the reader through the worlds of medical technology, life, death & the law. This is by no means another how-to-book that leaves the reader feeling empty & confused. Although the subject is demanding, the book is written in an upbeat & positive fashion. Living Wills are not about pulling the plug. They are about planning & control. They are about accepting the good which medical technology has to offer & rejecting the unwanted. Medical care & dying are eventualities which need to be discussed. Modern technology can extend life often beyond that which the patient may wish to tolerate. The first portion of the book helps the reader understand the broadening gap between medical technology & the ability to cure disease. Next, the book educates the reader about the medical & legal communities, providing definitions of certain life-sustaining treatment & legal terms. This is followed by a historic perspective of the legal principles & important cases dealing with the individual's right to choose or reject certain medical treatments. The final portion of the book focuses on certain high risk groups whose members may be more likely than others to require life-sustaining treatment.
Download or read book Self determination Dignity and End of life Care written by Stefania Negri and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gathers the contributions of leading researchers in the fields of bioethics, medical law and human rights. By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation against the background of European and International law, this book aims to offer new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the theme of dignity and autonomy at the end of life. Cross-cultural perspectives from Europe, the Americas, Australia and China offer a comparative analysis of legal approaches to end-of-life decision-making and care, including the hotly debated issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide, also giving an account of recent developments in domestic legislation and jurisprudence. Special focus is placed on the Italian legal system and its ongoing discussion on advance directives regulation.
Download or read book The Good Euthanasia Guide written by Derek Humphry and published by ERGO Bookstore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Euthanasia Guide is a 'where-to' and 'why' book which complements the 'how-to- of Final Exit. It contains an annotated list of every right-to-die group in the world, and a unique account of the assisted suicide laws in almost every country, a filmography and a bibliography. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and work are reported in three chapters.
Download or read book Final Choices written by George M. Burnell and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1993-03-21 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He sensitively discusses many important concerns so as to facilitate such dialogue, for example: the questions to ask a doctor at the onset of illness; the fear of pain or physical deterioration (e.g., from AIDS or chemotherapy); the spiritual, legal, and financial counsel available to patient and family; the medical "choices" a patient may have in pursuit of a dignified death; the official documents to prepare (e.g., a living will, a power of attorney, a healthcare proxy) for the patient's last wishes; the possible merits of hospice care for the medical and spiritual benefits of patient and family. Featuring poignant case histories, Dr. Burnell describes in clear, nontechnical language the painful ethical and legal complications that surface when patients and families do not pursue the possibility of "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders in lieu of life-prolonging measures. Unlike other books in the field, Final Choices does not underplay the dilemmas posed by modern medical technology.
Download or read book A Catholic Guide to End of life Decisions written by National Catholic Bioethics Center and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taking Advance Directives Seriously written by Robert S. Olick and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the quarter century since the landmark Karen Ann Quinlan case, an ethical, legal, and societal consensus supporting patients' rights to refuse life-sustaining treatment has become a cornerstone of bioethics. Patients now legally can write advance directives to govern their treatment decisions at a time of future incapacity, yet in clinical practice their wishes often are ignored. Examining the tension between incompetent patients' prior wishes and their current best interests as well as other challenges to advance directives, Robert S. Olick offers a comprehensive argument for favoring advance instructions during the dying process. He clarifies widespread confusion about the moral and legal weight of advance directives, and he prescribes changes in law, policy, and practice that would not only ensure that directives count in the care of the dying but also would define narrow instances when directives should not be followed. Olick also presents and develops an original theory of prospective autonomy that recasts and strengthens patient and family control. While focusing largely on philosophical issues the book devotes substantial attention to legal and policy questions and includes case studies throughout. An important resource for medical ethicists, lawyers, physicians, nurses, health care professionals, and patients' rights advocates, it champions the practical, ethical, and humane duty of taking advance directives seriously where it matters most-at the bedside of dying patients.
Download or read book Bioethics Across the Globe written by Akira Akabayashi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book addresses a variety of issues relating to bioethics, in order to initiate cross-cultural dialogue. Beginning with the history, it introduces various views on bioethics, based on specific experiences from Japan. It describes how Japan has been confronted with Western bioethics and the ethical issues new to this modern age, and how it has found its foothold as it decides where it stands on these issues. In the last chapter, the author proposes discarding the overarching term ‘Global Bioethics’ in favor of the new term, ‘Bioethics Across the Globe (BAG)’, which carries a more universal connotation. This book serves as an excellent tool to help readers understand a different culture and to initiate deep and genuine global dialogue that incorporates local and global thinking on bioethics. Bioethics Across the Globe is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of bioethics/medical ethics interested in adopting cross-cultural approaches, as well as graduate and undergraduate students of healthcare and philosophy.
Download or read book The Goals of Medicine written by Mark J. Hanson and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates over health care have focused for so long on economics that the proper goals for medicine seem to be taken for granted; yet problems in health care stem as much from a lack of agreement about the goals and priorities of medicine as from the way systems function. This book asks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for future health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. The Hastings Center coordinated teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, health care administrators, social workers, and lawyers in fourteen countries to explore these issues. In this volume, they articulate four basic goals of medicine — prevention of disease, relief of suffering, care of the ill, and avoidance of premature death — and examine them in light of the cultural, political, and economic pressures under which medicine functions. In reporting these findings, the contributors touch on a wide range of diverse issues such as genetic technology, Chinese medicine, care of the elderly, and prevention and public health. The Goals of Medicine clearly demonstrates the importance of clarifying the purposes of medicine before attempting to change the economic and organizational systems. It warns that without such examination, any reform efforts may be fruitless.
Download or read book Physician Assisted Death written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of whether and under what circumstances terminally ill patients should be able to access life-ending medications with the aid of a physician is receiving increasing attention as a matter of public opinion and of public policy. Ethicists, clinicians, patients, and their families debate whether physician-assisted death ought to be a legal option for patients. While public opinion is divided and public policy debates include moral, ethical, and policy considerations, a demand for physician-assisted death persists among some patients, and the inconsistent legal terrain leaves a number of questions and challenges for health care providers to navigate when presented with patients considering or requesting physician-assisted death. To discuss what is known and not known empirically about the practice of physician-assisted death, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day workshop in Washington, DC, on February 12â€"13, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
