Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in Health Care: United States, Germany, and Japan - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801858313 ISBN 13 : 9780801858314

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Advance directives to determine the care of terminally ill patients have revolutionized health care decision making. But writing a directive which accomplishes exactly what a patient wants can be a difficult process and can be ethically controversial. While Americans, deeply immersed in Western liberal poltical philosophy have an intuitive attraction to advance directives, other cultures do not. In this volume, an international team of experts examines the controversy surrounding advance directives in three countries: the USA, Germany, and Japan. Within each section, the subjects are addressed from the clinician's, legal expert's and bioethicist's points of view. The authors find that the USA and Japan are at opposite ends of a spectrum of opinion regarding patient autonomy, whereas Germany falls somewhere in between.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Hans-Martin Sass is professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. Robert M. Veatch is professor of medical ethics and the director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Rihito Kimura is professor of bioethics and law at Georgetown University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801858313
• ISBN 13: 9780801858314
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Éditeur: Sass Hans-Martin, Etc., Veatch Robert M., Kimura Rihito
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• Personne responsable: non disponible