Titel: Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems: Case Studies in Decision Making in Intensive Care
Verlag: Praeger
Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0275927105
ISBN-13: 9780275927103
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Gewicht: 0,72�Pfund

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A well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians.

Journal of the American Medical Association

Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. Probate Law Journal

In recent years the question of when to terminate life-extending medical treatments has become a thorny social issue. Douglas Walton has brought together a number of these case studies and analyzed the very difficult issues they raise.

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DOUGLAS N. WALTON is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg and is currently a Killiam Research Fellow (1987-1989) of the Canada Council. His writings on various aspects of philosophy, pragmatics, linguistics, ethics, logic, and education have been published frequently and widely since 1971 and include numerous articles in scholarly journals as well as contributed chapters to books. He is the author of Informal Logic and Practical Reasoning and coauthored Argument: The Logic of the Fallacies. He also wrote Ethics of Withdrawal of Life Support Systems: Case Studies on Decision-Making in Intensive Care (Greenwood Press, 1983 and paperback by Praeger Publishers, 1987), Physician Patient Decision-Making (Greenwood Press, 1985) and Arguer's Position (Greenwood Press, 1985). In 1989-1990, Walton will be Fellow-in-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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