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This book examines the ethics of end of life care, focusing on the
kinds of decisions that are commonly made in clinical practice.
Specific attention is paid to the intensification of treatment for
terminal symptoms, particularly pain relief, and the withdrawal and
withholding of care, particularly life-saving or life-prolonging
medical care. The book is structured into three sections. The first
section contains essays examining end of life care from the
perspective of moral theory and theology. The second sets out
various conceptual terms and distinctions relevant to
decision-making at the end of life. The third section contains
chapters that focus on substantive ethical issues. This format not
only provides for a comprehensive analysis of the ethical issues
that arise in the context of end of life care but allows readers to
effectively trace the philosophical, theological and conceptual
underpinnings that inform their specific interests. This work will
be of interest to scholars working in the area as well as
clinicians, specialists and healthcare professionals who encounter
these issues in the course of their practice.
This book examines the ethics of end of life care, focusing on the
kinds of decisions that are commonly made in clinical practice.
Specific attention is paid to the intensification of treatment for
terminal symptoms, particularly pain relief, and the withdrawal and
withholding of care, particularly life-saving or life-prolonging
medical care. The book is structured into three sections. The first
section contains essays examining end of life care from the
perspective of moral theory and theology. The second sets out
various conceptual terms and distinctions relevant to
decision-making at the end of life. The third section contains
chapters that focus on substantive ethical issues. This format not
only provides for a comprehensive analysis of the ethical issues
that arise in the context of end of life care but allows readers to
effectively trace the philosophical, theological and conceptual
underpinnings that inform their specific interests. This work will
be of interest to scholars working in the area as well as
clinicians, specialists and healthcare professionals who encounter
these issues in the course of their practice.
This book serves to unite biomedical principles, which have been
criticized as a model for solving moral dilemmas by inserting them
and understanding them through the perspective of the phenomenon of
health care relationship.Consequently, it attributes a possible
unification of virtue-based and principle-based approaches. "
This book addresses the problems faced by people and hospitals
dedicated to providing optimal end-of-life care and asks whether
ethicists can function as experts on this subject. Though ethics
consultation is a growing practice in medical contexts, difficult
questions surrounding the role of ethicists in professional
decision-making remain. The chapters in this book examine the
nature and plausibility of moral expertise, the relationship
between character and expertise, the nature and limits of moral
authority, the question of how one might become a moral expert, and
the trustworthiness of moral testimony. This volume not only
engages with the growing literature in the debate on end-of-life
care but also offers new perspectives from both academics and
practitioners. Such perspectives include ways on how to get
together to optimize end-of-life care. This book is of particular
interest to bioethicists, clinicians, ethics committees, students
of social epistemology, patient groups, and institutions,
especially religious, who may not be sufficiently imparting the
social teachings of end-of-life care. It also shows how they are
indeed stakeholders for what is today called 'a good death'. These
new essays advance discussions and provide practical information on
dying as well as acting as a guide to those interested in actively
effecting change.
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