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Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity (Hardcover)
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Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity (Hardcover)
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An advance medical directive is a device aimed at controlling
medical intervention during the dying process after a patient is no
longer competent. Because of its ambiguous legal status and the
ambivalence of medical personnel, it is still uncertain whether the
advance directive will be a successful tool in the individual's
struggle to retain a modicum of dignity in the face of modern
life-prolonging technology. After examining the issues surrounding
future-oriented medical decision making, Cantor outlines the legal
foundation and framework governing advance directives and considers
how such documents should be drafted in light of that legal
framework. He suggests guidelines for implementing advance medical
directives, anticipating the major problems likely to confront
administrators of such directives, and discusses possible channels
for enforcement of directives when health-care providers balk at
implementation. Finally, he considers the moral foundation and the
moral limits of future-oriented autonomy. This book will be an
important resource for any person involved in the design or
application of an advance medical directive - physicians, nurses,
hospital social workers, administrators of health-care
institutions, lawyers, clergy, and lay people seriously concerned
about exercising control over the dying process in today's
high-tech medical environment.
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