The sanctity-of-life doctrine in medicine: A critique
H Kuhse - 1987 - philpapers.org
According to the" sanctity-of-life" view, all human lives are equally valuable and inviolable,
and it would be wrong to base life-and-death medical decisions on the quality of the patient's …
and it would be wrong to base life-and-death medical decisions on the quality of the patient's …
[图书][B] Life and death: philosophical essays in biomedical ethics
DW Brock - 1993 - books.google.com
How should modern medicine's dramatic new powers to sustain life be employed? How
should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection …
should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection …
[HTML][HTML] Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics
D Brock - The quality of life, 1993 - books.google.com
There has been considerable philosophical work during the last two decades, especially in
the United States but not limited to there, in a relatively new field called medical ethics. My …
the United States but not limited to there, in a relatively new field called medical ethics. My …
Death with dignity
P Allmark - Journal of medical ethics, 2002 - jme.bmj.com
The purpose of this article is to develop a conception of death with dignity and to examine
whether it is vulnerable to the sort of criticisms that have been made of other conceptions. In …
whether it is vulnerable to the sort of criticisms that have been made of other conceptions. In …
The ambiguity of clinical intentions
TE Quill - Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Medical ethicists place great weight on the intentions of clinical actions. The religious
principle of" double effect," based on a distinction between intentions and consequences, is …
principle of" double effect," based on a distinction between intentions and consequences, is …
Death with dignity and the sanctity of life
LR Kass - A Time to be Born and a Time to Die: The Ethics of …, 1991 - books.google.com
" Call no man happy until he is dead." With these deliberately paradoxical words, the ancient
Athenian sage Solon reminds the self-satisfied Croesus of the perils of fortune and the need …
Athenian sage Solon reminds the self-satisfied Croesus of the perils of fortune and the need …