Families and end-of-life treatment decisions
Subtitle: an international perspective
By: edited by Brigitte Feuillet, Kristina Orfali, Thérèse Callus ; foreword by Mark Siegler
Series: Collection "Droit, bioéthique et sociéte" -- 6; Collection "Droit, bioéthique et société" (Brussels, Belgium) -- 6.
Publisher: Bruylant
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bruxelles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9782802740667
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Terminal care; Law and legislation; Patients; Legal status, laws; Patient refusal of treatment; Advance directives (Medical care); Right to Die; Ethics; Legislation & jurisprudence; Advance Directives; Family Relations; Terminal Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Loved ones' role in end of life care : evaluating deontological and utilitarian ethical arguments  -- Pierre le Coz; title: The individual nature of death  -- David le Breton; title: The dying person and the triangle of loved ones : for a relational approach to the end of life  -- Irène Thery; title: A physician's view on the complexity of end of life care and the role of family and close friends  -- Jean-Marc la Piana; title: Family and loved ones in end of life care in French law : does end of life shape and define the "family"?  -- Francis Kernaleguen; title: The central role in Germany of the "Angehorige" in enhancing patient autonomy at the end of life  -- Françoise Furkel; title: The preeminence of relationships in the legal recognition of the rights of the patient's loved ones in Switzerland  -- Dominique Manaï; title: End-of-life medical treatment : a limited role for loved ones to enhance patient autonomy  -- Thérèse Callus; title: A role for loved ones to promote patient autonomy at the end of life  -- Geneviève Schamps; title: The broad definition of "relatives" in end of life care in Spain  -- Verónica San Julian; title: The central power of physicians over end of life matters in Italy  -- Silvia Brandani; title: Patient rights at the end of life and the role of family and loved ones in Greek law  -- Penelope Agallopoulou; title: Ethical and legal debates on a dignified end-of-life and the role of the family in Hungary  -- Judit Sándor; title: Loved ones and end-of-life medical care : the particular approach of Tunisian law  -- Amel Aouij-Mrad; title: Family, "loved ones" and medicalized end-of-life decision making in Senegal  -- Mamadou Badji; title: Multiculturalism and religion in end-of-life care in Lebanon  -- Dina el Maoula; title: Loved ones and end-of-life medical care in Turkish law  -- Saibe Oktay-Ozdemir; title: End-of-life medical care : towards recognition of patient autonomy in Brazil  -- Maria-Claudia Crespo-Brauner; title: "Loved ones" and end-of-life medical treatment in Chile  -- Carmen Dominguez; title: Surrogate decision-making role in end of life care : the case of the USA  -- Kristina Orfali; title: The family and end-of-life medical treatment in Japan  -- Ryuichi Ida; title: Families and end-of-life treatment decisions : an international study -- Brigitte Feuillet-Liger.