New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cholbi, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Varelius, Jukka (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Σειρά: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 64
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Public health.; Health psychology.; Public Health.; Health Psychology.

This book provides novel perspectives on the ethical justifiability of assisted dying. Seeking to go beyond traditional debates on topics such as the value of human life and questions surrounding intention and causation, this volume promises to shift the terrain of the ethical debates about assisted...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Assisted Dying and the Proper Role of Patient Autonomy
• Preventing Assistance to Die: Assessing Indirect Paternalism Regarding Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
• Autonomy, Interests, Justice and Active Medical Euthanasia
• Mental Illness, Lack of Autonomy, and Physician-Assisted Death
• Euthanasia for Mental Suffering
• Assisted Dying for Individuals with Dementia: Challenges for Translating Ethical Positions into Law
• Clinical Ethics Consultation and Physician Assisted Suicide
• License to Kill: A New Model for Excusing Medically Assisted Dying?
• Medically Enabled Suicides
• Saving Lives with Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Organ Donation after Assisted Dying
• Implanted Medical Devices and End-of-Life Decisions
• Everyday Attitudes about Euthanasia and the Slippery Slope Argument.  .