
Life and Death Decision-Making
Baruch A. Brody(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 26. May 1988
Book
Hardback
274 pages
978-0-19-505007-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book demonstrates that moral reasoning can provide practical help in making judgements about how to handle particular clinical cases. It clearly explains the way in which conflicting moral considerations must be taken into account in medical decision-making and how their weight can be increased or decreased by specific factors. One of the book's greatest strengths is the cases - forty, all based on actual cases the author has encountered - which are constructed to convey the complexities of real-life support cases. They are difficult cases whose presentation and discussion will challenge readers, clarify the ethical issues involved, and indicate how theory and practice can be integrated.
The first four chapters deal with moral theory, the last three chapters present cases and apply theory to their resolution. The author's approach is pluralistic in that it supposes that there are many different moral appeals that are irreducible to each other, often in conflict with each other, and yet necessary to complement each other. It is casuistical in that it attends to the range of differences between particular cases and attempts to apply appropriately the different moral appeals to particular cases in different ways.
The first four chapters deal with moral theory, the last three chapters present cases and apply theory to their resolution. The author's approach is pluralistic in that it supposes that there are many different moral appeals that are irreducible to each other, often in conflict with each other, and yet necessary to complement each other. It is casuistical in that it attends to the range of differences between particular cases and attempts to apply appropriately the different moral appeals to particular cases in different ways.
Reviews / Votes
The book is a well written exploration of medical ethics that is challenging and informative. * British Medical Journal * Because it is an enjoyable and instructive read, this book does further the argument in favour of using casuistry in medical ethics. * Bulletin of Medical Ethics *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
584 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-505007-3 (9780195050073)
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Person
Author
Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics; Director, Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public IssuesLeon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics; Director, Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine
Content
1: The Need for a Moral Theory
2: Major Ethical Appeals
3: Two Standard Models: Their Strengths and Weaknesses
4: The Model of Conflicting Appeals
5: Cases Involving Competent Adults
6: Cases Involving Incompetent Adults
7: Cases Involving Children
2: Major Ethical Appeals
3: Two Standard Models: Their Strengths and Weaknesses
4: The Model of Conflicting Appeals
5: Cases Involving Competent Adults
6: Cases Involving Incompetent Adults
7: Cases Involving Children