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UNINA9910778684603321 |
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Autore |
Hester D. Micah |
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Titolo |
End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making : a bioethical perspective / / D. Micah Hester [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
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0-511-84771-8 |
1-107-20294-9 |
1-282-46678-X |
9786612466786 |
0-511-80588-8 |
0-511-65806-0 |
0-511-65861-3 |
0-511-65675-0 |
0-511-65590-8 |
0-511-65730-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Terminal care - Moral and ethical aspects |
Terminal care - Decision making |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Crito revisited -- Blindness, narrative, and meaning : moral living -- Radical experience and tragic duty : moral dying -- Needing assistance to die well : PAS and beyond -- Experiencing lost voices : dying without capacity -- Dying young : what interests do children have? -- Caring for patients : cure, palliation, comfort, and aid in the process of dying. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Every one of us will die, and the processes we go through will be our own - unique to our own experiences and life stories. End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. D. Micah Hester takes seriously the complexities of experiences and argues that when making end-of-life decisions, healthcare providers ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and |
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