Law, ethics and compromise at the limits of life :
[Book]
to treat or not to treat? /
Richard Huxtable
New York :
Routledge,
2013
xx, 207 p. ;
24 cm
Biomedical law and ethics library
Includes bibliographical references and index
Judging law and ethics at the limits of life -- Law at the limits of life : children, welfare and best interests -- Law at the limits of life : adults, incapacity and precedent autonomy -- The limits of law at the limits of life : to treat or not to treat? -- Calculating the value of life at the limits of life -- A case for compromise at the limits of life -- Crafting compromise: courts or clinical ethics committees? -- Committees, courts and compromise at the limits at the life