Advance Directives
This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for
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Peter Lack Nikola Biller-Andorno Susanne Brauer Editors
Advance Directives
Advance Directives
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE Founding Editors DAVID C. THOMASMA{ DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Universite´ de Montre´al, Canada THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Editor DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Universite´ de Montre´al, Canada
Editorial Board TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia ¨ WELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands MARCUS DU SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
VOLUME 54 For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6224
Peter Lack • Nikola Biller-Andorno Susanne Brauer Editors
Advance Directives
Editors Peter Lack Department of Moral Theology and Ethics University of Fribourg Basel, Switzerland
Nikola Biller-Andorno Institute of Biomedical Ethics University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
Susanne Brauer Institute of Biomedical Ethics University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
ISSN 1567-8008 ISBN 978-94-007-7376-9 ISBN 978-94-007-7377-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7377-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951646 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true
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