This book explores the controversial dilemmas which meet at the
intersection of medicine philosphy and law - questions concerning
killing and not killing which are faced daily in health care. They
embrace euthanasia abortion the care of the elderly and the
demented the care of the mentally ill children and those in a
persistent vegative state. Who Owns our Bodies? identifies a crisis
both in ethics and in empowerment as people face often neccessarily
wretched choices. It seeks a framework of guidance for practical
decision-making and focuses on two key issues. First who decides on
an individual's quality of life and thus on their health care
treatments? Second how can patients be empowered with a structure
to enable choice self-realization self-reflection and
self-responsibility? John Spiers with characteristic clarity and
verve offers a fundamental choice between health care experienced
as hierarchy and control and the alternative of choice and
self-responsibilty. He argues that health care must rely on
patients deciding how much power they have not on professionals
deciding how much to grant them.
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