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 | | Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making (Studies in Philosophy and Health Policy) by Allen E. Buchanan, Dan W. Brock ISBN-10: 052132422X ISBN-10: 0-521-32422-X ISBN-13: 9780521324229 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-32422-9 Hardcover 1990-01-26 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent--and yet in some respects most neglected--problems in bioethics: decisionmaking for incompetents. Part I develops a general theory for making treatment and care decisions for patients who are not competent to decide for themselves. It provides an in-depth analysis of competence, articulates and defends a coherent set of principles to specify suitable surrogate decisionmakers and to guide their choices, examines the value of advance directives, and investigates the role that considerations of cost ought to play in decisions concerning incompetents. Part II applies this theoretical framework to the distinctive problems of three important classes of individuals, many of whom are incompetent: minors, the elderly, and psychiatric patients. The authors' approach combines a probing analysis of fundamental issues in ethical theory with a sensitive awareness of the concrete realities of health care institutions and the highly personal and individual character of difficult practical problems. Its broad scope will appeal to health professionals, moral philosophers and lawyers alike. | ||
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Impressed Buchanan write a very thought provoking book. Deciding for others is an important part of making policy, and indeed should be considered by anyone who cares for those who cannot care for themselves or make their needs/desires known. | ||