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Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity (Hardcover): Norman L. Cantor

Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity (Hardcover)

Norman L. Cantor

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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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Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1993
First published: October 1993
Authors: Norman L. Cantor
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-31304-1
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-253-31304-X
Barcode: 9780253313041

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