Defining Death - The Case for Choice

Klappentext New technologies and medical treatments have complicated questions such as how to determine the moment when someone has died. The result is a failure to establish consensus on the definition of death and the criteria by which the moment of death is determined. This book is suitable for professionals in medicine! law! insurance and more. Zusammenfassung New technologies and medical treatments have complicated questions such as how to determine the moment when someone has died. The result is a failure to establish consensus on the definition of death and the criteria by which the moment of death is determined. This book is suitable for professionals in medicine! law! insurance and more.

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• Authors: Lainie F. Ross, Lainie F. (Associate Director Ross, Ross Lainie F., Robert M. Veatch, Robert M. (Georgetown University) Veatch, Robert M. Ross Veatch, Robert M./ Ross Veatch, Veatch Robert M.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781626163546
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-354-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Defining Death; Defining Death
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Pathologie, MEDICAL / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, MEDICAL / Pathology, Pathology, LAW / Right to Die, Ethics and moral philosophy, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Sociology: death and dying, Ethical issues and debates, Ethical issues: euthanasia and right to die