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Title

Matters of life and death : making moral theory work in medical ethics and the law / David Orentlicher.

Author

Orentlicher, David, 1955-

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.

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Description

viii, 234 p.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Making moral theory work in medical ethics and the law

Subject

• Patient Rights
• Ethics, Clinical
• Ethics, Medical
• Medical care > Law and legislation > United States
• Medical ethics > United States
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-224) and index.

Contents

The Approach of Using Generally Valid Rules -- The Importance of Generally Valid Rules in Implementing Moral Principle -- The Absence of a Moral Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide -- The Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide as a Generally Valid Way to Distinguish between Morally Justified and Morally Unjustified Deaths -- Avoiding Perverse Incentives -- The Implications for Practice of a Policy's Perverse Incentives -- Underlying Moral Principle Permits a Limited Legal Obligation for Pregnant Women to Accept Life-Saving Treatment for Their Fetuses -- The Problems with a Legal Duty for Pregnant Women Because of Perverse Incentives -- The "Tragic Choices" Model -- Avoiding Explicit Trade-offs through Implicit Choices -- Limitations of the "Futility" Concept in Medical Treatment Decisions -- Futility as a Way to Make "Tragic Choices."

ISBN

• 0691089469 (alk. paper)
• 0691089477 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001019857

OCLC

46704057

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Harvard Library