by Margaret P . Battin (Author)
Examines issues in death and consent: the nature of death, brain death and the uses of the dead and decision-making at the end of life, including the use of advance directives and decision-making about the continuation, discontinuation, or futility of treatment for competent and incompetent patients and children.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 780
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 21 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 075462174X
ISBN 13: 9780754621744