Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment
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Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment by British Medical Association
* An authoritative book on one of the most fundamental and contentious issues for health care professionals* Fully updated to include provisions of the Mental Capacity Act (April 2007); the latest policy on advance directives and the impact of the Human Rights Act on such decisions* Provides guidance on the appointment of welfare attorneys to make health care decisions once capacity is lost* Discusses recent cases, including Burke, baby MB, and Wyatt* Written by medical ethics professionals in consultation with the appropriate medical and legal experts and in agreement with the General Medical Council's guidelines
Should become obligatory reading for any ethicist, politician or jurist who focuses on end-of-life decision makingMedicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, 2008 The report bears three intriguing strengths: (1) The ethical argumentation is impressively clear, consistent and convincing... (2) The ethical argumentation is backed up by constant references to recent legal cases and decisions and to the latest legislation. (3) The structure of the book is highly transparent, the style is clearly written and easy to read, and throughout the whole book the reader is spoiled with precise summaries of the main arguments and theses. Due to these strengths, the BMA guidance paper not only provides a comprehensive overview of the legal position in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and advances the debate by clear ethical arguments in those areas that are not addressed by the present law. It also serves as a role model for other European countries which seem to fall far behind such an elaborated position paper and where doctors still muddle through the complexity of end-of-life decision-making in everyday clinical life... ... The BMA report should become an obligatory reading for any ethicist, politician or jurist who focuses on end-of-life decision making and serves as a helpful guidance for any doctor concerned with decisions about life-prolonging treatments in clinical life - Matthis Synofzik, Tubingen, Germany, Med Health Care and Philos (2007)
This book is written and edited by members of the Medical Ethics Department of the British Medical Association with advice from the BMA's Medical Ethics Committee
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405159579 |
| ISBN 10 | 140515957X |
| Title | Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment |
| Author | British Medical Association |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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