D.N. Weisstub / David C. Thomasma / S. Gauthier / G.F. Tomossy (Hgg.)

Aging: Decisions at the End of Life

Herausgegeben:Weisstub, David N.; Thomasma, David C.; Gauthier, S.; Tomossy, George F.

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Produktbeschreibung

Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving end-of-life care, palliative care, euthanasia, and consent to research.

Produktdetails

• International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 12
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4020-0182-6
• 2001
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781402001826
• ISBN-10: 1402001827
• Artikelnr.: 21349709

Inhaltsangabe

Quality of Life.- How we think (deeply but with limits) about quality of life: The necessity of wisdom for aging.- Ethics and quality of life in the elderly.- Palliative Care.- Palliative care: A weak link in the chain of civilized life.- Assisted Death.- Assisted death in the Netherlands and its relationship with age.- Why euthanasia should not be legalized: A reflection on the Dutch experiment.- Managing death: End-of-life charades and decisions.- Challenges and dilemmas in the "aging and euthanasia" policy cocktail.- Suicide.- End-of-life decisions in terminal illness: A psychiatric perspective.- Suicide: Implications for an aging society.- Research Ethics.- Research on elderly subjects: Striking the right balance.- Community consent for research on the impaired elderly.- Regulating ethical research involving cognitively impaired elderly subjects: Canada as a case study.