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Life and death :

9780511625350 (ebook)

9780521417853 (hardback)

9780521428330 (paperback)

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Life and death :

[Book]

philosophical essays in biomedical ethics /

Dan W. Brock.

Cambridge :

Cambridge University Press,

1993.

1 online resource (xi, 435 pages) :

digital, PDF file(s)

Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

How should modern medicine's dramatic new powers to sustain life be employed? How should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection, Dan Brock, a distinguished philosopher and bioethicist and co-author of Deciding for Others (Cambridge, 1989), explores the moral issues raised by new ideals of shared decision making between physicians and patients. The book develops an ethical framework for decisions about life-sustaining treatment and euthanasia, and examines how these life and death decisions are transformed in health policy when the focus shifts from what is best for a patient to what is just for all patients. Professor Brock combines acute philosophical analysis with a deep understanding of the realities of clinical health policy. This is a volume for philosophers concerned with medical ethics, health policy professionals, physicians interested in bioethics, and undergraduate courses in biomedical ethics.

Life & Death.

Medical ethics.

Brock, Dan W.

20151005020623.0

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