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Physician-assisted death : what everyone needs to know / L.W. Sumner.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]Description: xv, 243 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190490171 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780190490188 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.7 23
LOC classification:
  • R726 .S86 2017
Contents:
Cover; Physician-���Assisted Death; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 How should we think about death and dying?; How do we tell when death has occurred?; What do we mean by death?; Why is it (usually) a bad thing to die?; How might death sometimes be a good thing?; How and where do we typically die?; 2 What is end-���of-���life care?; What is the end of life?; What end-���of-���life treatment options are currently available to patients?; Do patients have the right to refuse treatment?; Do patients have the right to refuse life-���sustaining treatment?; What is pain management? What is terminal sedation?What is physician-���assisted death?; 3 What is the ethical case in favor of physician-���assisted death?; What is the argument from well-���being?; What is the argument from autonomy?; When is PAD justified?; Is there an ethical difference between the two forms of PAD?; 4 What is the ethical case against?; What is the right to life?; What is the sanctity of life?; What is the doctrine of double effect?; What is the doctrine of doing and allowing?; Is there an ethical difference between PAD and other end-���of-���life treatment options? What role can be played in this issue by religious arguments?5 What is the history of legal physician-���assisted death?; Is it legal for patients to refuse life-���sustaining treatment?; Is it legal to administer pain medication that may hasten death?; Is terminal sedation legal?; Where did any form of physician-���assisted death first become legal?; Where has PAE become legal?; What has been happening in the United States?; 6 What are the options for a legal regime?; Must the illness be terminal?; What kinds of suffering should be recognized?; What kinds of illnesses should be included? What about people who are just "tired of life"?How do we determine decisional capacity?; Adults only?; PAS or PAE?; What procedures should be required?; What system of review and oversight would be appropriate?; What should be done about conscientious objection?; 7 What is the case in favor of legalization?; What is the relationship between ethics and law?; What is the argument from compassion?; What is the argument from respect?; What is the argument from freedom of conscience?; What is the argument from parity?; What is the argument from democracy?; 8 What is the case against? What is the slippery slope argument?What is the abuse argument?; Is helping patients to die contrary to a doctor's professional duty?; Would helping patients to die undermine the physician-���patient relationship?; Are doctors willing to assist the deaths of their patients?; Is helping patients to die consistent with the goals of palliative care?; Would legalizing PAD erode the delivery of other forms of palliative care?; Shouldn't we wait to legalize PAD until we can guarantee every dying patient high-���quality palliative care?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Physician-���Assisted Death; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 How should we think about death and dying?; How do we tell when death has occurred?; What do we mean by death?; Why is it (usually) a bad thing to die?; How might death sometimes be a good thing?; How and where do we typically die?; 2 What is end-���of-���life care?; What is the end of life?; What end-���of-���life treatment options are currently available to patients?; Do patients have the right to refuse treatment?; Do patients have the right to refuse life-���sustaining treatment?; What is pain management? What is terminal sedation?What is physician-���assisted death?; 3 What is the ethical case in favor of physician-���assisted death?; What is the argument from well-���being?; What is the argument from autonomy?; When is PAD justified?; Is there an ethical difference between the two forms of PAD?; 4 What is the ethical case against?; What is the right to life?; What is the sanctity of life?; What is the doctrine of double effect?; What is the doctrine of doing and allowing?; Is there an ethical difference between PAD and other end-���of-���life treatment options? What role can be played in this issue by religious arguments?5 What is the history of legal physician-���assisted death?; Is it legal for patients to refuse life-���sustaining treatment?; Is it legal to administer pain medication that may hasten death?; Is terminal sedation legal?; Where did any form of physician-���assisted death first become legal?; Where has PAE become legal?; What has been happening in the United States?; 6 What are the options for a legal regime?; Must the illness be terminal?; What kinds of suffering should be recognized?; What kinds of illnesses should be included? What about people who are just "tired of life"?How do we determine decisional capacity?; Adults only?; PAS or PAE?; What procedures should be required?; What system of review and oversight would be appropriate?; What should be done about conscientious objection?; 7 What is the case in favor of legalization?; What is the relationship between ethics and law?; What is the argument from compassion?; What is the argument from respect?; What is the argument from freedom of conscience?; What is the argument from parity?; What is the argument from democracy?; 8 What is the case against? What is the slippery slope argument?What is the abuse argument?; Is helping patients to die contrary to a doctor's professional duty?; Would helping patients to die undermine the physician-���patient relationship?; Are doctors willing to assist the deaths of their patients?; Is helping patients to die consistent with the goals of palliative care?; Would legalizing PAD erode the delivery of other forms of palliative care?; Shouldn't we wait to legalize PAD until we can guarantee every dying patient high-���quality palliative care?

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