Ethics at the end of life : new issues and arguments [1 [edition].] 9781315727950, 1315727951

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Ethics at the end of life : new issues and arguments [1 [edition].]
 9781315727950, 1315727951

Table of contents :
Is it possible to be better off dead? / Geoffrey Scarre --
How does death harm the deceased? / Taylor W. Cyr --
The significance of an afterlife / Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin --
The severity of death / Jens Johansson --
Defining death / John K. Davis --
Autonomy, competence, and end of life / James Stacey Taylor --
Deciding for the incompetent / Eric Vogelstein --
Change of mind: an issue for advance directives / Paul T. Menzel --
Medical futility and respect for patient autonomy / Nancy S. Jecker --
Refusing lifesaving medical treatment and food and water by mouth / Paul T. Menzel --
Suicide, physician-assisted suicide, the doing-allowing distinction, and double effect / Thomas S. Huddle --
Grief and end-of-life surrogate decision-making / Michael Cholbi --
Solidarity near the end of life: the promise of relational decision-making in the care of the dying / Bruce Jennings --
Justice and the aging of the human species / Colin Farrelly.

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