The main goal of intensive care medicine is helping patients survive acute threats to their
lives, while preserving and restoring life quality. Because of medical advancements, it is now …

Organ donation intentions and behaviors were investigated using a traditional and extended
theory of planned behavior (TPB). In study 1, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived …

Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the ending of life in England
and Wales is unclear, confused and often contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in …

An easy-to-follow introduction to the legal issues affecting health care providers in Australia.
Law for Nurses and Midwives, 7th edition gives undergraduate and postgraduate nursing …

In contemporary debates about the nature of bioethics there is a widespread view that
bioethical decision making should involve certain knowledge of and respect for cultural …

Partial cremation is a topic that sits uneasily between the ontological categories within which
burials are usually discussed, and yet a wide range of practices can be described as …

The Dutch rules governing neonatal euthanasia, known as the Groningen Protocol, require
parental consent for severely disabled infants with poor prognoses to have their lives …

Background: African Americans typically underuse hospice care; this study explores their
end of life attitudes. Methods: An iterative focus group strategy generated qualitative data …

The issue of organ donation and of how the donor pool can or should be increased is one
with significant practical, ethical and logistic implications. Here we comment on an article …

Human fascination with transplantation has been portrayed in mythology and legend as well
as in art and literature throughout history. It has both horrified and captivated our collective …