The Least Worst Death: Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life - Hardcover

Battin, Margaret Pabst

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195085922 ISBN 13: 9780195085921

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

Engagingly written by one of the foremost experts on issues involving death and dying, this book offers insight into the controversial and often difficult topics of withdrawing and withholding care, euthanasia, and suicide. An extensive introduction identifies the principal ethical issues, and the book explores such dilemmas as rationing health care for the elderly, whether there is a "duty to die," counseling in rational suicide, the risks of abuse with active euthanasia, religious views about suicide, whether suicide can be understood as a fundamental human right, and others. It also examines the differing practices of Holland and Germany in ending life. Exploring the dilemmas raised by contemporary medicine concerning the way we die, and collecting under one cover a myriad of crucial elements involving one of the most inflammatory issues of our time, The Least Worst Death presents a timely, international analysis for anyone interested in bioethics or medical and applied ethics.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Margaret Pabst Battin is Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics, University of Utah.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195085922
• ISBN 13: 9780195085921
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312
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