Death's dominion
Subtitle: ethics at the end of life
By: Simon Woods.
Series: Facing death
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780335211616; 9780335211609
Subjects: Medical ethics.; Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Right to die.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: 1. Ethics; value: 2. Good life, good death; value: 3. Palliative care : history and values; value: 4. Ethics in palliative care : autonomy and respect for persons; value: 5. Respect for persons : a framework for palliative care; value: 6. Terminal sedation; value: 7. Assisted dying; value: 8. Concluding thoughts.