Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in Health Care
Subtitle: United States, Germany, and Japan
Contributors: Hans-Martin Sass (Editor); Robert M. Veatch (Editor); Rihito Kimura (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801858314
Subjects: Central government; Medical ethics; Pain & pain management; Terminal care nursing; Medical; Germany; Health Care; Public Health; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Japan; USA; Ethics; Public Policy - General; Medical / Ethics; Advance directives (Medical ca; Health Care Issues; United States; Advance directives (Medical care); Cross-cultural studies
First sentence: Advancements in clinical treatment and in life-sustaining technologies have furthered a debate about whether the use of the full range of biomedical capabilities is warranted, mandated, or rather questionable from an ethical standpoint.