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• Title:Matters of life and death : making moral theory work in medical ethics and the law / David Orentlicher.
  
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• Author/Creator:Orentlicher, David, 1955-
  
• Published/Created:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF3821 .O73 2001 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W50 .O745 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.
  Medical ethics--United States.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Ethics, Clinical.
  Patient Rights.
  United States.
  
• Description:viii, 234 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0691089469 (alk. paper)
  9780691089461 (alk. paper)
  0691089477 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
  9780691089478 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
  
• Contents:The Approach of Using Generally Valid Rules
  The Importance of Generally Valid Rules in Implementing Moral Principle
  The Absence of a Moral Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide
  The Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide as a Generally Valid Way to Distinguish between Morally Justified and Morally Unjustified Deaths
  Avoiding Perverse Incentives
  The Implications for Practice of a Policy's Perverse Incentives
  Underlying Moral Principle Permits a Limited Legal Obligation for Pregnant Women to Accept Life-Saving Treatment for Their Fetuses
  The Problems with a Legal Duty for Pregnant Women Because of Perverse Incentives
  The "Tragic Choices" Model
  Avoiding Explicit Trade-offs through Implicit Choices
  Limitations of the "Futility" Concept in Medical Treatment Decisions
  Futility as a Way to Make "Tragic Choices."