Death Rites
Law and Ethics at the End of Life
Published on 9. December 1993
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-415-06260-2 (ISBN)
Description
The increasing capacity of medicine to intervene to save lives demands that we ask more and more questions about what death is, and why it matters. This series of studies on law, ethics and medicine contributes to the debate on when and how it is permissable to terminate life, to warn of death, and to deal with tragedy in its aftermath. The essays are wide-ranging, provocative and timely. Accessible to those from the worlds of both law and medicine, this work focuses uniquely upon an issue which is increasingly significant for both sets of practitioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-06260-2 (9780415062602)
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Content
Law, Ethics and Death: Silence and Symbolism. 1. Against the Definition of Brainstorm Death Martyn Evans 2. Who Wants To Live Forever? Peter Alldridge 3. Power Over Death: The Final Sting Jonathan Montgomery 4. Corpses, Recycling and Therapeutic Purposes Ruth F. Chandwick 5. Medical Futility: CPR: John Suanders 6. ICU Triage: The Ethics of Scarcity, the Ideal of Impartiality, and the Inadvertent Endorsement of Evil Stuart F.Spicker 7. From Vision to System: The Maturing of the Hospice Movement Nicky James 8. Animal Rights and Wrongs: Medical Ethics and the Killing of Non-Human Animals Marie Fox 9. Tailoring Multiparity: The Dilemmas Surrounding Death by Selective Reduction of Pregnancy Frances Price 10. Disasters: The Role of Institutional Response in Shaping Public Perceptions of Death Celia Wells 11. Relatively Late Payments: Damages Beyond Death and Bereavement Derek Morgan 12. Risking Death by Dangerous Sexual Behaviour and The Criminla Law K.J.M. Smith 13. Deathly Silence: Doctor's Duty to Disclose Dangers of Death Robert Lee.