The Ethics of Terminal Care

Orchestrating the End of Life
2002
ISBN: 978-90-481-4002-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 181 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 387 g

Today we have more control over how we live and how we die than we ever had before. This fact has produced many ethical problems. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. Unfortunately, little energy is spent dealing with the social and psychological factors within which the medical/biological factors are imbedded. In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die.
Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume will be of interest to all who work with terminally ill patients.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loewy, Erich E. H.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Lebensqualitätsforschung (med.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dying, Death and Attitudes.- Questions, Methods and the Problem of Autonomy.- The Concept of Orchestrating Death.- Sudden Death and the End of Life.- Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.- Hospice and the End of Life.- Challenges for Tomorrow: Where Do We Go from Here?.