Life on the line : ethics, aging, ending patients' lives, and allocating vital resources /
Kilner, John Frederic.
Life on the line : ethics, aging, ending patients' lives, and allocating vital resources / John F. Kilner. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c1992. - ix, 349 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-339) and index.
Pt. 1. Living ethically: -- A way of thinking -- Other perspectives -- An expanded view -- pt. 2. Ending patient's lives: -- A patient's wishes -- Taking someone's life -- Deciding against treatment -- Important distinctions -- pt. 3. Allocating vital resources: -- Medical assessments and the elderly -- Nonmedical exclusion of the elderly -- The pursuit of social benefit -- Determining who lives -- Conclusion: ending lives and allocating resources.
0802806309 (pbk.) 9780802806307 (pbk.)
92021632
9208628 DNLM
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics.
Euthanasia.
Health care rationing.
R725.56 / .K55 1992
174/.24
W 50 / K48L 1992
Life on the line : ethics, aging, ending patients' lives, and allocating vital resources / John F. Kilner. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c1992. - ix, 349 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-339) and index.
Pt. 1. Living ethically: -- A way of thinking -- Other perspectives -- An expanded view -- pt. 2. Ending patient's lives: -- A patient's wishes -- Taking someone's life -- Deciding against treatment -- Important distinctions -- pt. 3. Allocating vital resources: -- Medical assessments and the elderly -- Nonmedical exclusion of the elderly -- The pursuit of social benefit -- Determining who lives -- Conclusion: ending lives and allocating resources.
0802806309 (pbk.) 9780802806307 (pbk.)
92021632
9208628 DNLM
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics.
Euthanasia.
Health care rationing.
R725.56 / .K55 1992
174/.24
W 50 / K48L 1992