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Contemporary European Perspectives on the Ethics of End of Life Care

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 136)

Editors: Emmerich, Nathan; Mallia, Pierre; Gordijn, Bert; Pistoia, Francesca

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40033-0

ISBN: 978-3-030-40032-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 13, 2020

1 - 10 of 25 Chapters

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Contemporary European Perspectives on the Ethics of End of Life Care: An Introduction

Emmerich, Nathan; Mallia, Pierre; Gordijn, Bert; Pistoia, Francesca

Pages: 1 –15

[This chapter introduces the ENDCARE project and the work that resulted in this collection. We outline the rationale of the project before providing a sketch of each of the chapters that follow.]
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Human Rights and Patient’s Rights

Barbisan, Benedetta

Pages: 19 –35

[At the present moment, it is usually not long before a problem is framed in terms of rights-based arguments. Although it is hard to maintain that human rights is an unequivocal, universal tool, rights talk today is the trumping vocabulary of political struggle. In the first part of this Article,...
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Utilitarianism and Care at the End of Life

Mooren, Nadine; Quante, Michael

Pages: 37 –54

[In the context of end of life care utilitarianism’s focus on the positive and negative consequences of actions and omissions offers a powerful ethical guide. Whilst many writing on this topic and from this point of view has tended to focus on various kinds of euthanasia this chapter concerns the...
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Virtue Ethics

Campbell, Alastair V.

Pages: 55 –73

[This chapter provides an account of Virtue Ethics, describing its origins in the philosophy of Aristotle, and tracing the contemporary revival of interest in this ethical theory, assessing both its strengths and weaknesses. The approach is then applied to end of life care, in terms of accounts...
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End of Life: Care Ethical Perspectives

Leget, Carlo; Kohlen, Helen

Pages: 75 –92

[This contribution focuses on palliative care from a care ethical perspective. First the historical background of care ethics is presented by discussing the work of Gilligan, Noddings, Gadow and Tronto. Care ethics is seen as an interdisciplinary field of studies, adopting a moral perspective...
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End of Life Issues: An Islamic Perspective

Bagheri, Alireza

Pages: 93 –103

[New medical technology has provided opportunities to save and prolong human lives as well as to relieve suffering. However, it has brought new ethical challenges, especially in end of life decision-making. Thus, whilst death and dying has been a private matter in the past, this is no longer only...
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End-of-Life Medical Decisions in Israeli Law – How Jewish Law Represents a Balance Between Principlist and Situationist Approaches to Medical Law

Asman, Oren; Barilan, Yechiel Michael

Pages: 105 –115

[Jewish law on the “end of life” teaches that nobody is expected to suffer and that for certain individuals, death might be better than life. However, these observations need to be illustrated on the backdrop of the prohibitions of direct killing, the public interest in the preservation of life...
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The Catholic Position on End of Life: Theological Foundations and Philosophical Reasoning

Mallia, Pierre

Pages: 117 –129

[This chapter omits to repeat what the Catholic Church expresses on and of life issue as this has been amply explored. Rather it explores the underlying Catholic theology in its current understanding of ‘relations’ and’ fraternity’. To do so it goes through the principles affecting bioethical...
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Protestant Perspectives on End of Life Care

Coors, Michael; Dörries, Andrea

Pages: 131 –144

[Protestantism is generally known for holding a variety of different positions, especially when it comes to moral issues. Concerning end of life care, though, there are some guiding ethical principles held by most Protestant Churches: human life is a gift of God and must, therefore, be protected;...
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Dignity

Andorno, Roberto

Pages: 147 –155

[The concept of human dignity plays an increasing role in contemporary bioethics. This chapter aims, first, to offer a brief account of the notion of dignity and to show how it has shaped several bioethical discussions over the last decades; second, to stress that, in addition to its guiding...

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