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Author : Anton Albert Eduard Verhagen
Publisher : Uitgeverij Paris
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Euthanasia
ISBN : 9789077320679
Author : L. Pijnenborg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Euthanasia
ISBN : 907224561X
In the end, death comes to us all. This reality has not changed during centuries of attempting to unravel the mysteries of life and death. Even today, death is the most unescapable event in each human life. Life and time before death, however, have altered considerably. At least two changes are responsible for this. The first is that, over the past hundred and fifty years, man has succeeded in changing his condition in such a way that, in the well developed countries, average life expectancy has doubled. The strongly reduced perinatal and infant mortality have caused death to disappear almost completely from daily life in the Netherlands. A second Important development is of much more recent date, basically dating only from after World War Ii: the development of modern medicine. Medical practice today is increasingly able to assist in curing the sick, in making life bearable for the sick and extending life for a shorter or longer period of time. In other words: death still comes to everyone, but the time at which this happens isoften partly determined by decisions whether to stop or to continue treatment. Obviously, this does not hold for all deaths. People still die from accidents or from acute fatal diseases such as acute myocardial infarction. In all non-sudden deaths, however, patient and physician are involved in a shorter or longer disease process. A considerable difference compared with the situation existing over one hundred years ago, when In some municipalities more than half of all deceased had no physician's assistance during their preceding disease. Now that medicine can offer so much in terms of prolonging life and relieving suffering, the physician's task at the end of life is expanding. In the past, this task primarily Involved the provision of terminal care. Increasingly, decision-making by the physician is among the medical responsibilities at the end of life.
Author : Alexandra Mancini,Jayne Price,Tara Kerr-Elliott
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030318772
This textbook details the nursing care of babies with life limiting conditions and sets the context within the philosophy of internationally collaborative neonatal palliative care emphasising emotional and practical support for their families. Currently, increasing interest from nursing and medical fields regarding palliative care for babies in the antenatal and neonatal period is evident. This innovative and unique text provides experienced nurses and student nurses alike with realistic guidance in caring for babies with palliative care needs, alongside the crucial support for their families and identifies important strategies for professional self care. Nursing experts in this field collaborated to develop a reference book which supports holistic and integrated clinical practice. Parents’ experiences of what they consider helpful or not so helpful are interwoven throughout the chapter. There is currently no other textbook which offers the above information and guidance specifically for nurses and allied health professionals. As such this book will appeal to all nurses and health professionals working within the neonatal palliative care specialty in a global context.
Author : Sheldon Rubenfeld,Daniel P. Sulmasy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781793609502
Unlike Nazi medical experiments, euthanasia during the Third Reich is barely studied or taught. Often, even asking whether euthanasia during the Third Reich is relevant to contemporary debates about physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia is dismissed as inflammatory. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust explores the history of euthanasia before and during the Third Reich in depth and demonstrate how Nazi physicians incorporated mainstream Western philosophy, eugenics, population medicine, prevention, and other medical ideas into their ideology. This book reveals that euthanasia was neither forced upon physicians nor wantonly practiced by a few fanatics, but widely embraced by Western medicine before being sanctioned by the Nazis. Contributors then reflect on the significance of this history for contemporary debates about PAS and euthanasia. While they take different views regarding these practices, almost all agree that there are continuities between the beliefs that the Nazis used to justify euthanasia and the ideology that undergirds present-day PAS and euthanasia. This conclusion leads our scholars to argue that the history of Nazi medicine should make society wary about legalizing PAS or euthanasia and urge caution where it has been legalized.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781464922862
Central Nervous System Agents: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Central Nervous System Agents. The editors have built Central Nervous System Agents: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Central Nervous System Agents in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Central Nervous System Agents: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Author : Eduard Verhagen,Annie Janvier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401773607
Most neonates who now survive intensive care would have died 50 years ago, and “nature” would have decided the outcomes, making ethical discussions about initiating or withholding resuscitation irrelevant. Medical developments in neonatology have changed the way we respond to diseases of neonates, to their illness, and to their parents. Not only as physicians, but also as a society. Decisions on when to start, withhold, or withdraw life-saving interventions in critically ill neonates are among the most difficult decisions in pediatric practice. These decisions are fraught with ethical dilemmas, for example deciding whether withholding intensive care –leading to death- is superior to uncertain survival with a risk of disability and the additional burden of intensive care. This book covers important ethical questions that arise in neonatal intensive care units. Questions such as, whether to intervene medically and whether we are good at predicting the outcome of fragile neonates; whether a medical intervention should be withheld or withdrawn, and who should be primarily responsible for these decisions and how?
Author : James L. Bernat,Richard Beresford
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780444535047
Advances in our understanding of the brain and rapid advances in the medical practice of neurology are creating questions and concerns from an ethical and legal perspective. Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology provides a detailed review of various general aspects of neuroethics, and contains chapters dealing with a vast array of specific issues such as the role of religion, the ethics of invasive neuroscience research, and the impact of potential misconduct in neurologic practice. The book focuses particular attention on problems related to palliative care, euthanasia, dementia, and neurogenetic disorders, and concludes with examinations of consciousness, personal identity, and the definition of death. This volume focuses on practices not only in North America but also in Europe and the developing world. It is a useful resource for all neuroscience and neurology professionals, researchers, students, scholars, practicing clinical neurologists, mental health professionals, and psychiatrists. A comprehensive introduction and reference on neuroethics Includes coverage of how best to understand the ethics and legal aspects of dementia, palliative care, euthanasia and neurogenetic disorders Brings clarity to issues regarding ethics and legal responsibilities in the age of rapidly evolving brain science and related clinical practice
Author : Stuart J. Youngner,Gerrit K. Kimsma
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107007567
This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades. In contrast to most books about euthanasia, which are written by authors from countries where the practice is illegal and therefore practiced only secretly, this book analyzes empirical data and real-life clinical behavior. Its essays were written by the leading Dutch scholars and clinicians who shaped euthanasia policy and who have studied, evaluated, and helped regulate it. Some of them have themselves practiced euthanasia. The book will contribute to the world literature on physician-assisted death by providing a comprehensive examination of how euthanasia has been practiced and how it has evolved in one specific national and cultural context. It will greatly advance the understanding of euthanasia among both advocates and opponents of the practice.
Author : Dominic Wilkinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199669431
Dominic Wilkinson combines philosophy, medicine, and science to explore the profound and contentious ethical issues facing those who work with critically ill children and infants. He addresses questions about the accuracy of predictions for future quality of life; about when to allow children to die; and about how much say parents should have.
Author : Joanne Wolfe,Pamela Hinds,Barbara Sourkes
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437702620
The Textbook of Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care, by Drs. Joanne Wolfe, Pamela Hinds, and Barbara Sourkes, aims to inform interdisciplinary teams about palliative care of children with life-threatening illness. It addresses critical domains such as language and communication, symptoms and quality of life, and the spectrum of life-threatening illnesses in great depth. This comprehensive product takes a first-of-its-kind team approach to the unique needs of critically ill children. It shows how a collaborative, interdisciplinary care strategy benefits patients and their families. If you deal with the complex care of critically ill children, this reference provides a uniquely integrated perspective on complete and effective care. Respect interdisciplinary perspectives, and provide the most comprehensive care. Use an integrated approach to address the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of children and their families. Understand and heed your strengths and vulnerabilities in order to provide the best care for your patients. Recognize the necessity of linking hospital-based palliative care with community resources. Implement consistent terminology for use by the entire palliative care team. Access the full text online with regular updates and supplemental text and image resources.
Author : Stefania Negri
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004223585
By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation in international, European and domestic law, this book offers new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the debate over dignity and autonomy at the end of life.
Author : Giuseppe Buonocore,Rodolfo Bracci,Michael Weindling
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1377 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9788847014053
This new textbook wants to offer to neonatologists and pediatricians a modern and complete view of the various problems and aspects of neonatology, currently one of the most complex and advanced fields of pediatrics. The first chapters will be dedicated to the epidemiology of neonatal mortality and morbidity and to the conditions responsible for neonatal risk. A section will be devoted to organizational problems of hospitals and home services for efficient modern neonatal and infant care. Particular attention will be paid to neonatal care, medico-legal questions, examination of newborns and current availability of laboratory facilities and instrumentation for identification of perinatal abnormalities. Neonatal nutritional problems will also be examined, outlining current knowledge of the needs of sick and healthy babies. Conditions jeopardizing fetal health such as diabetes, maternal drug abuse and smoking will be discussed. New advances in neonatal pharmacology will be extensively examined. Various diseases of the neonate involving lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract, blood, immune system, endocrine system and kidneys will be also expounded in special chapters. Fetal and neonatal infections will be extensively discussed. Fetal and neonatal neurological abnormalities will be discussed by highly specialized authors. There will be chapters on neonatal ophthalmology, dermatology and orthopedics. Each chapter has beeb written by a well recognized international expert in his or her field. As the opinion leader in their field, the Author is responsible for giving the most up-to-date information in terms of what is known, what is still being researched, and what has become evidence based medicine. Underlying causes and mechanisms of neonatal diseases will be presented in an immediate form. The use of summaries, tables, and accurately selected guidelines or recommendations that will accompany the text will supply quick references and instant solutions to the concerned neonatologists during their daily practice.
Author : Charles J. Cote, MD,Jerrold Lerman, MD,Brian Anderson
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1660 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437727920
Provide optimal anesthetic care to your young patients with A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 5th Edition, by Drs. Charles J. Cote, Jerrold Lerman, and Brian J. Anderson. 110 experts representing 10 different countries on 6 continents bring you complete coverage of the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia to infants and children - covering standard techniques as well as the very latest advances. Find authoritative answers on everything from preoperative evaluation through neonatal emergencies to the PACU. Get a free laminated pocket reference guide inside the book! Quickly review underlying scientific concepts and benefit from expert information on preoperative assessment and anesthesia management, postoperative care, emergencies, and special procedures. Stay on the cutting edge of management of emergence agitation, sleep-disordered breathing and postoperative vomiting; the use of new devices such as cuffed endotracheal tubes and new airway devices; and much more. Familiarize yourself with the full range of available new drugs, including those used for premedication and emergence from anesthesia. Benefit from numerous new figures and tables that facilitate easier retention of the material; new insights from neonatologists and neonatal pharmacologists; quick summaries of each chapter; and more than 1,000 illustrations that clarify key concepts. Access the entire text online, fully searchable, at www.expertconsult.com, plus an extensive video library covering simulation, pediatric airway management, burn injuries, ultra-sound guided regional anesthesia, and much more; and new online-only sections, tables and figures.
Author : Linda L. Emanuel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Assisted suicide
ISBN : 0674666542
Addressing the subject of euthanasia, medical ethicist Dr. Linda Emanuel assembles testimony from leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia--but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complex and often heart-rending issue.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1844 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medicine
ISBN : OSU:32436010864534