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Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II

Leslie P Francis author Margaret P Battin editor Leslie P Francis editor

Format:Set / collection

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:21st Sep '07

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Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II cover

The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues. Volume I examines issues in death and consent: the nature of death, brain death and the uses of the dead and decision-making at the end of life, including the use of advance directives and decision-making about the continuation, discontinuation, or futility of treatment for competent and incompetent patients and children. Volume II, on justice and hastening death, examines whether there is a difference between killing and letting die, issues about physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and questions about distributive justice and decisions about life and death.

'The difficult task to present an excellent, interdisciplinary and balanced choice of [such] articles covering the most important fields in relation to the main subjects has been perfectly solved by the editors... the most valuable and recommendable research tool...' Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

ISBN: 9780754621744

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Weight: 453g

1016 pages