Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II
- ISBN-10
- 1351946064
- ISBN-13
- 9781351946063
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 1016
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-01-15
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Leslie P. Francis
Description
The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues. Volume I examines issues in death and consent: the nature of death, brain death and the uses of the dead and decision-making at the end of life, including the use of advance directives and decision-making about the continuation, discontinuation, or futility of treatment for competent and incompetent patients and children. Volume II, on justice and hastening death, examines whether there is a difference between killing and letting die, issues about physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and questions about distributive justice and decisions about life and death.
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