Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources

, by Kilner, John F.

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ISBN: 9780802806307 | 0802806309
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1992

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Introduction: The Challenge at Hand	p. 1
Living Ethically	p. 11
A Way of Thinking	p. 13
A God-Centered Ethics	p. 16
A Reality-Bounded Ethics	p. 20
A Love-Impelled Ethics	p. 26
Other Perspectives	p. 30
A Similar Outlook	p. 30
Popular Alternatives	p. 40
Communicating in a Pluralistic World	p. 47
An Expanded View	p. 50
The God-Centered Dimension	p. 51
The Reality-Bounded Dimension	p. 53
The Love-Impelled Dimension	p. 69
Ending Patients' Lives	p. 73
The Patient's Wishes	p. 75
A Matter of Definition	p. 78
Models of Relationship	p. 80
The Mentally Capable Patient	p. 83
The Mentally Incapable Patient	p. 88
Taking Someone's Life	p. 95
Death	p. 97
Suffering	p. 103
Ending It All	p. 108
Deciding against Treatment	p. 117
Suicide	p. 118
Quality of Life	p. 121
Inappropriate Treatment	p. 125
Important Distinctions	p. 130
Terminal vs. Imminent	p. 131
Withholding vs. Withdrawing Treatment	p. 136
Relieving Pain vs. Ending Life	p. 139
Extraordinary vs. Burdensome Treatment	p. 142
Allocating Vital Resources	p. 151
Medical Assessments and the Elderly	p. 153
The Allocation Problem	p. 153
Age Criteria	p. 155
Length of Medical Benefit	p. 165
Quality of Medical Benefit	p. 166
Likelihood of Medical Benefit	p. 169
Medical Benefit	p. 172
Nonmedical Exclusion of the Elderly	p. 176
The Justifications	p. 176
An Assessment	p. 179
Overarching Critiques	p. 187
The Pursuit of Social Benefit	p. 194
Social-Benefit Criteria	p. 195
Sociomedical-Benefit Criteria	p. 207
Determining Who Lives	p. 222
The Individual Patient	p. 223
The Social Content	p. 227
An Overall Approach	p. 232
Conclusion: Ending Lives and Allocating Resources	p. 235
Proper Priorities	p. 237
Sufficient Support	p. 239
Appropriate Control	p. 241
Notes	p. 244
References Cited	p. 304
Index	p. 340
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Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources

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