Abating Treatment with Critically Ill Patients: Ethical and Legal Limits to the Medical Prolongation of Life

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Oxford University Press, 1989 - Medical - 455 pages
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the wide range of issues surrounding "passive euthanasia" and "allow-to-die" decisions. The author develops a comprehensive conceptual model that is highly useful for assessing and dealing with real-life situations. He presents an informative historical overview, an evaluation of the clinical settings in which treatment abatement takes place, and an insightful discussion of relevant legal aspects. The result is a clearly articulated ethical analysis that is medically realistic, philosophically sound, and legally viable.

About the author (1989)

Robert F. Weir holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He is currently Director, Program in Biomedical Ethics in the College of Medicine, University of Iowa. He is also the author of Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns (Oxford University Press, 1984) and the editor of Ethical Issues in Death and Dying (1977, 1986) and Death in Literature (1980).

Bibliographic information

TitleAbating Treatment with Critically Ill Patients: Ethical and Legal Limits to the Medical Prolongation of Life
AuthorRobert F. Weir
Editionillustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 1989
ISBN0195045289, 9780195045284
Length455 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Medical / Ethics
Medical / Terminal Care
Science / Life Sciences / Botany
Social Science / Death & Dying
  
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