Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity Hardback
by Norman L. Cantor
Hardback
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"[Cantor provides] both a cogent and provocative text and prodigious references." -The New England Journal of Medicine"Cantor develops a careful and accessible ethic of autonomy and dignity regarding forgoing life-prolonging medical treatment . . . " -Ethics"A thoughtful, informative and sensitive text . . . " -European Medical Journal"Professor Cantor of Rutgers University School of Law has created a scholarly and sophisticated, yet quite accessible, legal analysis of the subject of advance directives . . . detailed, exhaustively referenced . . . " -The Florida Bar Journal"This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about advance directives for health care." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal"Cantor provides a very thorough, reliable, and readable guide . . . " -Robert M. Veatch, Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown UniversityCantor examines the medical, legal, and moral issues surrounding advance medical directives-those devices aimed at controlling medical intervention during the dying process after the patient is no longer competent.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:22/10/1993
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- ISBN:9780253313041
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:22/10/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253313041