End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making A Bioethical Perspective

Informationen zum Autor D. Micah Hester is Associate Director of the Division of Medical Humanities and Associate Professor of Medical Humanities and Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas Medical System, as well as clinical ethicist at Arkansas Children's Hospital. The author and editor of eight books and numerous journal articles, he coordinates the Pediatric Ethics Consortium as well as the Pediatric Ethics Affinity Group of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Klappentext Provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. Zusammenfassung This book provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. D. Micah Hester argues that healthcare providers making end-of-life decisions ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and their communities so that their dying processes embody their life stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Crito revised; 2. Blindness, narrative, and meaning: moral living; 3. Radical experience and tragic duty: moral dying; 4. Needing assistance to die well: PAS and beyond; 5. Experiencing lost voices: dying without capacity; 6. Dying young: what interests do children have?; 7. Caring for patients: cure, palliation, comfort, and aid in the process of dying.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D. Micah Hester, D.micah Hester, Hester D. Micah
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.11.2009
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780521113809
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11380-9
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.7 x 23.5 x 1.5 cm
• Categorie: MEDICAL / Ethics; Palliative Medicine; Medical ethics and professional conduct; Medical ethics & professional conduct; MEDICAL / Pain Management