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This book examines the place of human dignity as a normative standard, principle, or right in domestic and global health care decision-making. The contentious issue of end-of-life care serves the foundation of the analysis of human dignity as a human right.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Challenges to the Notion of Dignity as a Human Right
Chapter 2: The Origins and Historty of Human Dignity
Chapter 3: The Indignities of Pain and of Suffering at the End-Of-Life
Chapter 4: Dignity in Domestic and in International Context: Aspirations, Limited Successes, and the Legacy of Senator Bricker
Chapter 5: Impleting or Impeding Dignity: Subsidiarity and Proportionality
Chapter 6: Modern Formulations of Dignity: Clarifications and Calibrations
Chapter 7: Advancing Global Frameworks Toward A New Social Order
About the author
George P. Smith is professor emeritus of law at The Catholic University of America Law School and a residential fellow at The Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Summary
This book examines the place of human dignity as a normative standard, principle, or right in domestic and global health care decision-making. The contentious issue of end-of-life care serves the foundation of the analysis of human dignity as a human right.
