English, Veronica
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment
- An authoritative book on one of the most fundamental and contentious issues for health care professionals
- Fully updated to include provisions of the Mental Capacity Act (April 2007); the latest policy on advance directives and the impact of the Human Rights Act on such decisions
- Provides guidance on the appointment of welfare attorneys to make health care decisions once capacity is lost
- Discusses recent cases, including Burke, baby MB, and Wyatt
- Written by medical ethics professionals in consultation with the appropriate medical and legal experts and in agreement with the General Medical Council’s guidelines
Keywords: MEDICAL / Ethics MED050000
- Author(s)
- English, Veronica
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 3
- Page amount
- 140 pages
- Categories
- Philosophy
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781405181464
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405159579
