Ethics at the end of life new issues and arguments 1st Edition by Davis 1317541464 9781317541462

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• ISBN 10: 1317541464
• ISBN 13: 9781317541462
• Author: Davis

The 14 chapters in Ethics at the End of Life: New Issues and Arguments, all published here for the first time, focus on recent thinking in this important area, helping initiate issues and lines of argument that have not been explored previously. At the same time, a reader can use this volume to become oriented to the established questions and positions in end of life ethics, both because new questions are set in their context, and because most of the chapters—written by a team of experts—survey the field as well as add to it. Each chapter includes initial summaries, final conclusions, and a Related Topics section.

Table of contents:

PART I The End of Life

1 Is It Possible to Be Better Off Dead?

GEOFFREY SCARRE

2 How Does Death Harm the Deceased?

TAYLOR W. CYR

3 The Significance of an Afterlife

BENJAMIN MITCHELL-YELLIN

4 The Severity of Death

JENS JOHANSSON

5 Defining Death

JOHN K. DAVIS

PART II Who Decides When to End Life?

6 Autonomy, Competence, and End of Life

JAMES STACEY TAYLOR

7 Deciding for the Incompetent

ERIC VOGELSTEIN

8 Change of Mind: An Issue for Advance Directives

PAUL T. MENZEL

9 Medical Futility and Respect for Patient Autonomy

NANCY S. JECKER

PART III How to End Life

10 Refusing Lifesaving Medical Treatment and Food and Water by Mouth

PAUL T. MENZEL

11 Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, the Doing-Allowing Distinction, and Double Effect

THOMAS S. HUDDLE

PART IV Other Parties and the End of Life

12 Grief and End-of-Life Surrogate Decision-Making

MICHAEL CHOLBI

13 Solidarity Near the End of Life: The Promise of Relational Decision-Making in the Care of the Dying

BRUCE JENNINGS

14 Justice and the Aging of the Human Species

COLIN FARRELLY

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