Advance directives [electronic resource] / Peter Lack, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer, editors.
Lack, Peter, editor of compilation.; Biller-Andorno, Nikola, editor of compilation.; Brauer, Susanne, 1973- editor of compilation.
2014
R726.2
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Title Advance directives [electronic resource] / Peter Lack, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer, editors.
ISBN 9789400773776 electronic book
9400773773 electronic book
9789400773769
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7377-6
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages).
Item Number 10.1007/978-94-007-7377-6 doi
Call Number R726.2
Dewey Decimal Classification 174.2
Summary 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.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 28, 2013).
Added Author Lack, Peter, editor of compilation.
Biller-Andorno, Nikola, editor of compilation.
Brauer, Susanne, 1973- editor of compilation.
Series International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v.54. 1567-8008
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History of Advance Directives and Prerequisites for Validity
Defining the Scope of Advance Directives
Effects on Family, Friends and Professional Relations
Ethical Challenges.

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