Advance Directives

213 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, allgemein Bioethik
• ISBN: 9789400773769
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2013
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Herausgegeben von: Peter Lack, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer