Advance Directives: Rethinking Regulation, Autonomy & Healthcare Decision-Making

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-13154-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 76, 173 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine

Contains a timely introduction of fresh perspectives to the ethical framework on advance directives

Provides insightful integration of case law, literature and analysis, embodying the current state of debate on advance directives
Delivers interesting international approaches in responding to questions on advance directives

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, Hui Yun

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- The making of advance directives.- Legal responses to the challenges of making advance directives.- Supported decision-making: an approach to advance directives.- A supported decision-making model for advance directives.- Regulating advance directives.

Über Autor(innen)

Hui Yun Chan is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Hertfordshire, UK.  She completed her PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Chan's PhD thesis examined the legal and ethical challenges in implementing advance directives in medical treatment and proposed a supportive measure to address the complexities. In addition to teaching in Medical Law and Ethics, Law of Torts and research methods, Chan's research interest is in clinical ethics, medico-legal issues in end-of-life, health policy and emerging issues in public health. She has published on the subject of advance directives and reviewed books for Medical Law Review.