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Death rites
 — law and the ethics at the end of life
Author(s)Robert Lee, Derek Morgan
PublisherRoutledge, London, 1996
Pages308 pp
SourceInternational Thomson Publishing Services Ltd, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hampshire SP10 5BE.
KeywordsDeath ; Dying ; Medical care ; Social ethics ; Law.
AnnotationExamines legal and ethical issues surrounding medico-legal management of death, and highlights the tension between personal autonomy and medical responsibility. Topics covered include brain-stem death, persistent vegetative state, patient refusal of medical treatment, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the hospice movement.
Accession NumberCPA-960606002 B
ClassmarkCW: CX: LK: TQ: VR

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