This book offers a new perspective on advance directives through a combined legal, ethical and philosophical inquiry. In addition to making a significant and novel theoretical contribution to the field, the book has an interdisciplinary and international appeal. The book will help academics, healthcare professionals, legal practitioners and the educated reader to understand the challenges of creating and implementing advance directives, anticipate clinical realities, and preparing advance directives that reflect a higher degree of assurance in terms of implementation.
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Springer International Publishing
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Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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978-3-030-00975-5 (9783030009755)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-00976-2
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Hui Yun Chan is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Hertfordshire, UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Chan's PhD thesis examined the legal and ethical challenges in implementing advance directives in medical treatment and proposed a supportive measure to address the complexities. In addition to teaching in Medical Law and Ethics, Law of Torts and research methods, Chan's research interest is in clinical ethics, medico-legal issues in end-of-life, health policy and emerging issues in public health. She has published on the subject of advance directives and reviewed books for Medical Law Review.
