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- ÉditeurMIT Press
- Date d'édition2007
- ISBN 10 0262524732
- ISBN 13 9780262524735
- ReliureBroché
- Numéro d'édition1
- Nombre de pages328
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End-Of-Life Decision Making: A Cross-National Study (Basic Bioethics)
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MIT Press
(2007)
ISBN 10 : 0262524732
ISBN 13 : 9780262524735
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Description du livre Softcover. Etat : new. 1. This examination of endoflife decision making offers a broader perspective than that found in the extensive existing literature on this topic by offering a crossnational comparison Experts from twelve countries analyze deathrelated issues and policies in their respective nations discussing such topics as health care costs advance directives or wills pain management and cultural social and religious factors The countries selected for studyBrazil China Germany India Israel Japan Kenya the Netherlands Taiwan Turkey the United Kingdom and the United Statesrepresent a mix of East and West developed and developing nations seldom considered together in analyses of these issues This is the first systematic attempt to analyze endoflife issues in many of these countries the chapters on China Kenya of special significance because of the HIVAIDS epidemic in subSaharan Africa and Turkey break new groundEach author reports on various factors in endoflife decisions estimated costs of dying including health care costs the proportion of deaths occurring in hospitals in hospices and at home the prevalence and variety of advance directives the mix of high technology and palliative care the cutoff point for aggressive care and the legal definition of death government policies on endoflife decisions assisted suicide and euthanasia and cultural social and religious influences The findings show that there are great differences among countries even in the way these issues are framed Scholars policymakers and medical practitioners can all benefit from the extensive information in these essays on how different nations are dealing with deathrelated issues. N° de réf. du vendeur DADAX0262524732
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