[PDF] Euthanasia And The Ethics Of A Doctors Decisions eBook

Author : Ole Hartling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1350186236

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Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman of the Danish Council of Ethics to introduce new elements into what can often be understood as an all too simple debate. Alive to the case that assisted dying can be driven by an unattainable yearning for control, Hartling concentrates on two fundamental questions: whether the answer to suffering is to remove the sufferer, and whether self-determination in dying and death is an illusion. He draws on his own experience as a medical doctor to personalize the ethical arguments, share patients' narratives and make references to medical literature. Here is a sceptical stance towards euthanasia, one that is respectful to those who hold different opinions and well-informed about the details and nuances of different euthanasia practices. Written from a Scandinavian perspective, where respect for autonomy and high quality palliative care go hand in hand, Hartling's is a nuanced, valuable contribution to the arguments that surround a question doctors have faced since the birth of medicine. He shows us how the intentions of doing something good can sometimes lead to even greater dilemmas, opening us up to those situations where an inclination to end suffering by ending life is deeply conflicting both for the clinician and for any fellow human being.

Author : Ole Johannes Hartling
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781350186255

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"Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former president of the Danish Council of Ethics to introduce new elements into what can often be understood as an all too simple debate. Alive to the case that assisted dying can be driven by an unattainable yearning for control, Hartling concentrates on two fundamental questions: whether the answer to suffering is to remove the sufferer, and whether self-determination in dying and death is an illusion. He draws on his own experience as a medical doctor to personalize the ethical arguments, share patients' narratives and make references to medical literature. Here is a sceptical stance towards euthanasia, one that is respectful to those who hold different opinions and well-informed about the details and nuances of different euthanasia practices. Written from a Scandinavian perspective, where respect for autonomy and high quality palliative care go hand in hand, Hartling's is a nuanced, valuable contribution to the arguments that surround a question doctors have faced since the birth of medicine. He shows us how the intentions of doing something good can sometimes lead to even greater dilemmas, opening us up to those situations where an inclination to end suffering by ending life is deeply conflicting both for the clinician and for any fellow human being"--

Author : Ole Hartling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1350186236

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Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman of the Danish Council of Ethics to introduce new elements into what can often be understood as an all too simple debate. Alive to the case that assisted dying can be driven by an unattainable yearning for control, Hartling concentrates on two fundamental questions: whether the answer to suffering is to remove the sufferer, and whether self-determination in dying and death is an illusion. He draws on his own experience as a medical doctor to personalize the ethical arguments, share patients' narratives and make references to medical literature. Here is a sceptical stance towards euthanasia, one that is respectful to those who hold different opinions and well-informed about the details and nuances of different euthanasia practices. Written from a Scandinavian perspective, where respect for autonomy and high quality palliative care go hand in hand, Hartling's is a nuanced, valuable contribution to the arguments that surround a question doctors have faced since the birth of medicine. He shows us how the intentions of doing something good can sometimes lead to even greater dilemmas, opening us up to those situations where an inclination to end suffering by ending life is deeply conflicting both for the clinician and for any fellow human being.

Author : James M. Humber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 1994-02-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1592594484

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Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.

Author : John M. Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195090420

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Tough Decisions places readers in realistic composites of cases the authors have actually seen or managed where they must make tough medical decisions. What happens in them often depends on the reader's decisions and thus gives a sense of pressures that bear on clinical-decision making.

Author : Jerry B. Wilson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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Surveys the attitudes toward and arguments for and against euthanasia and examines the key medical, legal, and moral issues involved, offering a guideline for medical and legal actions in cases involving hopeless suffering.

Author : American Medical Association. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
Publisher : American Medical Association Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN :

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Life and death ethics This compendium is a compilation of AMA Council Reports from 1987 to 1996 that investigate the ethical issues related to end-of-life care. Report topics include do-not-resuscitate orders, euthanasia, decisions near the end of life, physician-assisted suicide, and more. Analyses of current medical ethics issues are also included.

Author : Linda L. Emanuel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Assisted suicide
ISBN : 9780674666542

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Addressing the subject of euthanasia, medical ethicist Dr. Linda Emanuel assembles testimony from leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia--but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complex and often heart-rending issue.

Author : Michael Dunn
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Medical ethics
ISBN : 9780191853173

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Dealing with some of the thorniest problems in medicine, from euthanasia to the distribution of health care resources, this book introduces the reasoning we can use to approach medical ethics. Exploring how medical ethics supports health professionals' work, it also considers the impact of the media, pressure groups, and legal judgments.