Image from Coce

Death's dominion : ethics at the end of life / Simon Woods.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Facing deathPublication details: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 178 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780335211609 (pbk.)
  • 0335211607 (pbk.)
  • 9780335211616 (hbk.)
  • 0335211615 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.7 22
LOC classification:
  • R726 .W657 2007
NLM classification:
  • 2007 G-547
  • WB 310
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Ethics -- 2. Good life, good death -- 3. Palliative care : history and values -- 4. Ethics in palliative care : autonomy and respect for persons -- 5. Respect for persons : a framework for palliative care -- 6. Terminal sedation -- 7. Assisted dying -- 8. Concluding thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Ethics -- 2. Good life, good death -- 3. Palliative care : history and values -- 4. Ethics in palliative care : autonomy and respect for persons -- 5. Respect for persons : a framework for palliative care -- 6. Terminal sedation -- 7. Assisted dying -- 8. Concluding thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index.

Share