| Description |
x, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The range of euthanasia: definition of euthanasia -- The range of euthanasia -- pt. 2. Justified and unjustified euthanasia: paradigm cases -- When death is not imminent -- When the condition is not terminal -- When the patient is not conscious -- When the patient is not in pain -- pt. 3. Unwilling and/or active euthanasia: when the patient does not request to die -- Comparison of death management measures -- pt. 4. The family's perspective: historical sketch of dying -- The family and patient decision-making -- Ethical issues within the family -- The family as surrogate decision-makers -- Family pathologies -- Advance directives -- Hospice -- pt. 5. Euthanasia and the medical community: goal of medicine -- Guiding patients through risky procedures -- Duties of health care providers to the dying -- The healing task -- Why doctors should not perform active euthanasia -- pt. 6. Euthanasia and society: victimization by technology -- Suffering and public responsibility -- Compassion -- Social euthanasia and the Nazi experience -- pt. 7. The treatment of suffering: current situation -- Technofix society -- The right not to suffer -- Obligations to relieve pain and suffering -- Clinical methodology: therapeutic planning for death -- Legislative and public policy possibilities -- Appendices: 1. Cases -- 2. Varieties of harm: intrinsic, intended, incidental effects -- Ways of harming -- Expectations -- Social euthanasia -- 3. Court cases. |
| Summary |
Thomasma and Graber, medical ethics theorists and clinical practitioners, present a definitive examination of the actions that fall under the aegis of euthanasia--the art of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from incurable conditions or diseases. They distinguish active euthanasia as an intentional act that causes death, while passive euthanasia is seen as an intentional act to avoid prolonging the dying process. They maintain that the distinction between these two modes of euthanasia depends not on motive, but on means. The authors present a theoretical discussion of which forms are justified and unjustified, and explore, with the help of case studies, four main perspectives on the issue: those of the individual, the family, the medical profession, and society as a whole. ISBN 0-8264-0470-7: $24.95. |
| Subject |
Euthanasia.
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Medical ethics.
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Euthanasia. (DNLM)D005065
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Ethics, Medical. (DNLM)D004992
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Public Policy. (DNLM)D011640
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Euthanasia. (local)3436
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Medical ethics. (local)2491
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Euthanasia. (OCoLC)fst00916915
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Medical ethics. (OCoLC)fst01014081
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Medizinische Ethik (DE-588)4074672-0
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Euthanasie.
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| Added Author |
Graber, Glenn C.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Thomasma, David C., 1939- Euthanasia. New York : Continuum, 1990 (OCoLC)623574580 |
| ISBN |
0826404707 |
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9780826404701 |
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