LEADER 02871nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910450873503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-83422-6 010 $a0-19-535068-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000405959 035 $a(EBL)431108 035 $a(OCoLC)252664684 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178023 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167769 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178023 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219242 035 $a(PQKB)10760329 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431108 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269061 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83422 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000405959 100 $a19990726d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInalienable rights$b[electronic resource] $ethe limits of consent in medicine and the law /$fTerrance McConnell 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-513462-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; ONE: The Nature of Inalienable Rights; TWO: The Moral Foundations of Inalienable Rights; THREE: The Inalienable Right of Conscience: A Madisonian/Jeffersonian Argument; FOUR: The Right of Informed Consent and Inalienability; FIVE: The Inalienable Right to Life and Its Implications for Voluntary Euthanasia; SIX: Assisted Suicide and the Inalienable Right to Life; SEVEN: Human Organs and Inalienablility; EIGHT: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book explains what inalienable rights are and how they restrict the behavior of their possessors. McConnell develops compelling arguments to support the inalienability of the right to life, the right of conscience, and a competent person's right not to have medical treatment administered without consent. Yet, surprisingly, he argues that the inalienability of the right to life does not entail that voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide are wrong. This distinctive defense of inalienable rights will appeal to medical ethicists and other applied ethicists, political theorists, and philosop 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aInformed consent (Medical law)$zUnited States 606 $aNatural law 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aInformed consent (Medical law) 615 0$aNatural law. 676 $a174 676 $a341.481 676 $a344.73/0412 700 $aMcConnell$b Terrance C$0901132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450873503321 996 $aInalienable rights$92014132 997 $aUNINA