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

• Author(s): Leslie P. Francis,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 1016
• ISBN_10: 1351946064
  ISBN_13: 9781351946063
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Law / Public , Law / Ethics & Professional Responsibility , Social Science / Sociology / General , Law / Jurisprudence , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Law / Medical Law & Legislation , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Medical / Public Health , Social Science / Death & Dying ,

Description:... 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.