Informed consent, proxy consent, and Catholic bioethics
Subtitle: for the good of the subject
By: by Grzegorz Mazur
Series: Philosophy and medicine -- v. 112; Catholic studies in bioethics; Philosophy and medicine -- 112.; Philosophy and medicine
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dordrecht [Netherlands]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9789400721951; 9789400721968
Subjects: Informed consent (Medical law); Proxy; Bioethics; Catholicism; Informed Consent; Catholic Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical development of the principle of free and informed consent; title: Articulation of the principle of free and informed consent in human-rights documents; title: Major current interpretations of the principle of free and informed consent; title: Introduction to the issue of proxy consent; title: Standards for proxy consent in the therapeutic situation; title: Critique of proxy consent standards; title: Golden rule and proxy decision making; title: Preliminary considerations on proxy consent in the nontherapeutic situation; title: Proxy consent in nontherapeutic settings; title: Analysis; title: Resolution of issues related to proxy decision making.