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Advance Directives

By Nikola Biller-Andorno , Alfred Simon (auth.) , Peter Lack , Susanne Brauer (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2014
ISBN
978-94-007-7376-9, 978-94-007-7377-6
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-7377-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1371679 bytes)
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 54
Edition
1
Pages
213\214
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-31 01:49:33
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Ethics; Public Healt

Description

This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations. Although advance directives have been widely discussed since the 1980s, the ethical bases of advance directives still remain a matter of heated debates. The book aims to contribute to these controversial debates by integrating fundamental ethical issues on advance directives with practical matters of their implementation. Cultural, national and professional differences in how advance directives are understood by health care professions and by patients, as well as in laws and regulations, are pinpointed.

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