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Families and end-of-life treatment decisions : an international perspective

Title
Families and end-of-life treatment decisions : an international perspective / edited by Brigitte Feuillet, Kristina Orfali, Thérèse Callus ; foreword by Mark Siegler.
Publication
  • Bruxelles : Bruylant, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Feuillet, Brigitte
  • Orfali, Kristina
  • Callus, Thérèse
  • Siegler, Mark, 1941-
Description
346 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Collection "Droit, bioéthique et sociéte", 2033-3498 ; 6
Uniform Title
Collection "Droit, bioéthique et société" (Brussels, Belgium) ; 6.
Subject
  • Terminal care > Law and legislation
  • Patients > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Patient refusal of treatment
  • Advance directives (Medical care) > Law and legislation
  • Right to Die > ethics
  • Right to Die > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Advance Directives
  • Family Relations
  • Terminal Care > ethics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Loved ones' role in end of life care : evaluating deontological and utilitarian ethical arguments / Pierre le Coz -- The individual nature of death / David le Breton -- The dying person and the triangle of loved ones : for a relational approach to the end of life / Irène Thery -- A physician's view on the complexity of end of life care and the role of family and close friends / Jean-Marc la Piana -- Family and loved ones in end of life care in French law : does end of life shape and define the "family"? / Francis Kernaleguen -- The central role in Germany of the "Angehorige" in enhancing patient autonomy at the end of life / Françoise Furkel -- The preeminence of relationships in the legal recognition of the rights of the patient's loved ones in Switzerland / Dominique Manaï -- End-of-life medical treatment : a limited role for loved ones to enhance patient autonomy / Thérèse Callus -- A role for loved ones to promote patient autonomy at the end of life / Geneviève Schamps -- The broad definition of "relatives" in end of life care in Spain / Verónica San Julian -- The central power of physicians over end of life matters in Italy / Silvia Brandani -- Patient rights at the end of life and the role of family and loved ones in Greek law / Penelope Agallopoulou -- Ethical and legal debates on a dignified end-of-life and the role of the family in Hungary / Judit Sándor -- Loved ones and end-of-life medical care : the particular approach of Tunisian law / Amel Aouij-Mrad -- Family, "loved ones" and medicalized end-of-life decision making in Senegal / Mamadou Badji -- Multiculturalism and religion in end-of-life care in Lebanon / Dina el Maoula -- Loved ones and end-of-life medical care in Turkish law / Saibe Oktay-Ozdemir -- End-of-life medical care : towards recognition of patient autonomy in Brazil / Maria-Claudia Crespo-Brauner -- "Loved ones" and end-of-life medical treatment in Chile / Carmen Dominguez -- Surrogate decision-making role in end of life care : the case of the USA / Kristina Orfali -- The family and end-of-life medical treatment in Japan / Ryuichi Ida -- Families and end-of-life treatment decisions : an international study / Brigitte Feuillet-Liger.
ISBN
  • 9782802740667
  • 2802740660
OCLC
  • ocn869210177
  • 869210177
  • SCSB-14174110
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries