Human dignity and assisted death /

Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the notion of dignity already plays an important role in medi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Muders, Sebastian
Weitere Verfasser:
Muders, Sebastian (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the notion of dignity already plays an important role in medical contexts: it is frequently used by health care professionals as well as patients. However, its use in these contexts needs to be analyzed and explained in more detail. Moreover, a review of the available literature clearly shows that the general, highly fruitful academic debate on human dignity is more than ready to take the next step into applied ethics: in particular, into the even more controversial area of assisted death. This work offers a detailed philosophical analysis of dignity and how it relates to assisted death.
Umfang:
1 online resource
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-067598-5
0-19-067599-3
Schlagworte:
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects.
Assisted suicide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Dignity.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Right to Die > ethics.
Suicide, Assisted > ethics.
Personhood.
Euthanasia > ethics.
Attitude to Death. > NLM-D001293
Euthanasia. > NLM-D005065
Suicide, Assisted. > NLM-D017236
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