Title Deciding for others : the ethics of surrogate decision making / Allen E. Buchanan and Dan W. Brock

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989 Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990 ©1990

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Description xv, 422 pages ; 23 cm regular print Series Studies in philosophy and health policy Studies in philosophy and health policy. Contents Introduction -- Part I. Theory: 1. Competence and incompetence -- 2. The primary ethical framework: patient-centered principles -- 3. Advance directives, personhood, and personal identity -- 4. Distributive justice and the incompetent -- Part II. Application: 5. Minors -- 6. The elderly -- 7. The mentally ill -- Looking forward -- Appendix 1: living trust and nomination of conservatorship -- Appendix 2: durable power of attorney for health care Analysis Medicine Decision making Ethical aspects Welfare work Decision making Ethical aspects Main Series Studies in Philosophy and Health Policy. Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Bioethics -- United States -- Decision making. Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Medical ethics -- United States -- Decision making. Medical jurisprudence -- United States -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical jurisprudence -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Decision making. Medicine -- United States -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical ethics. Medicine -- Decision making. Bioethics. Decision Making. Ethics, Medical. Legislation, Medical. Decision Making. Ethics, Medical. Patient Advocacy. Patient Compliance. SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Author Brock, Dan W., author LC no. 89033209 ISBN 0521311969 (paperback) 052132422X

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