Easeful death : is there a case for assisted dying? / / Mary Warnock, Elisabeth Macdonald |
Autore | Warnock Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Euthanasia
Assisted suicide Death - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-383-04482-1
0-19-158002-3 1-281-37134-3 9786611371340 0-19-153868-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Fundamental principles : the nature of the dispute -- Types of euthanasia -- Psychiatric assisted suicide -- Neonates -- Incompetent adults -- Human life is sacred -- The slippery slope -- Medical views -- Four methods of easing death and their effect on doctors -- Looking further ahead. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782291603321 |
Warnock Mary | ||
Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Easeful death : is there a case for assisted dying? / / Mary Warnock, Elisabeth Macdonald |
Autore | Warnock Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Euthanasia
Assisted suicide Death - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-383-04482-1
0-19-158002-3 1-281-37134-3 9786611371340 0-19-153868-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Fundamental principles : the nature of the dispute -- Types of euthanasia -- Psychiatric assisted suicide -- Neonates -- Incompetent adults -- Human life is sacred -- The slippery slope -- Medical views -- Four methods of easing death and their effect on doctors -- Looking further ahead. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816639103321 |
Warnock Mary | ||
Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embracing our mortality [[electronic resource] ] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman |
Autore | Schneiderman L. J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Decision making
Advance directives (Medical care) Patient refusal of treatment Right to die |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-54362-8
9786612543623 0-19-971315-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456500903321 |
Schneiderman L. J | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embracing our mortality [[electronic resource] ] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman |
Autore | Schneiderman L. J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Decision making
Advance directives (Medical care) Patient refusal of treatment Right to die |
ISBN |
1-282-54362-8
9786612543623 0-19-971315-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781177403321 |
Schneiderman L. J | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embracing our mortality [[electronic resource] ] : hard choices in an age of medical miracles / / Lawrence J. Schneiderman |
Autore | Schneiderman L. J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Decision making
Advance directives (Medical care) Patient refusal of treatment Right to die |
ISBN |
1-282-54362-8
9786612543623 0-19-971315-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Putting in writing what you want (and don't want) -- What may happen if you don't make it "clear and convincing" -- Facts and statistics -- Empathy and the imagination -- Ancient myth and modern medicine: what can we learn from the past? -- Hoping for a miracle -- What could be wrong with hope? -- Medical futility -- Beyond futility to an ethic of care -- Future decisions we may all have to make. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809631603321 |
Schneiderman L. J | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The end of life : euthanasia and morality / James Rachels |
Autore | Rachels, James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Oxford university press, 1986 |
Descrizione fisica | VII, 204 p ; 23 cm. |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Collana | Studies in bioethics |
Soggetto topico | Eutanasia |
ISBN | 019217746X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002811149707536 |
Rachels, James | ||
Oxford : Oxford university press, 1986 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making : a bioethical perspective / / D. Micah Hester [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Hester D. Micah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care - Decision making |
ISBN |
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 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti | End-of-Life Care & Pragmatic Decision Making |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455086303321 |
Hester D. Micah | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making : a bioethical perspective / / D. Micah Hester [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Hester D. Micah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care - Decision making |
ISBN |
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 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti | End-of-Life Care & Pragmatic Decision Making |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778684603321 |
Hester D. Micah | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making : a bioethical perspective / / D. Micah Hester [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Hester D. Micah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care - Decision making |
ISBN |
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 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti | End-of-Life Care & Pragmatic Decision Making |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811694203321 |
Hester D. Micah | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-of-life decisions in medical care : principles and policies for regulating the dying process / / Stephen W. Smith [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Smith Stephen W. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Collana | Cambridge bioethics and law |
Soggetto topico |
Terminal care - Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care - Law and legislation Death - Moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN |
1-107-22732-1
1-139-23430-7 1-280-48560-4 1-139-23282-7 9786613580580 1-139-23061-1 1-139-22915-X 0-511-79392-8 1-139-23206-1 1-139-23360-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Moral status -- The value of life -- Killing versus letting die and moral responsibility -- Autonomy and paternalism -- Beneficence, non-maleficence and harm -- Dignity -- A comprehensive ethical approach -- Introduction to Part Two -- Protection of patients -- The impact on health care practitioners -- Greater societal issues -- Slippery slope arguments -- Necessary procedural protections -- Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461072303321 |
Smith Stephen W. <1973-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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