|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910817507903321 |
|
|
Autore |
Watt Helen <1962-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Life and death in health care ethics : a short introduction / / Helen Watt |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-282-32003-3 |
0-203-13597-0 |
9786612320033 |
1-134-60792-X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (106 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Medical ethics |
Life and death, Power over - Moral and ethical aspects |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Homicide moral approaches; 2 The unconscious patient; 3 The competent patient; 4 Abortion; 5 Embryo destruction; 6 Cooperation; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In a world of rapid technological advances, the moral issues raised by life and death choices in healthcare remain obscure. Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics provides a concise, thoughtful and extremely accessible guide to these moral issues.Helen Watt examines, using real-life cases, the range of choices taken by healthcare professionals, patients and clients which lead to the shortening of life. The topics looked at include:* euthanasia and withdrawal of treatment* the persistent vegetative state* abortion* IVF and cloning* life-saving treatment of pregnant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|