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| Last rights: death, dying and the law in Ireland | | Author(s) | Patrick Hanafin |
| Publisher | Cork University Press, Cork, 1997 |
| Pages | 114 pp (Undercurrents 12) |
| Source | Cork University Press, Crawford Business Park, Crosses Green, Cork, Ireland. |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Social ethics ; Death ; Dying ; Euthanasia ; Law ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The author examines the degree to which it is necessary or acceptable to apply legal standards of fault and liability to complex ethical problems which arise in the care of the terminally ill or incurable patient. There is an analysis of the way in which death is perceived in society, and the competing moral and cultural viewpoints. Whilst this book is aimed at readers in Ireland, references are made to the law and its application in other jurisdictions. The theoretical model on which this book is based is that of the ethical understanding of a right to life, and the circumstances, if any, for that right to be waived. A more patient-oriented approach by the law in resolving medical dilemmas is suggested. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971104202 B |
| Classmark | LV: TQ: CW: CX: CY: VR: 763 |
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