Recognizing death while affirming life: Can end of life reform uphold a disabled person's interest in continued life?

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 35, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages

  Asch, Adrienne ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 28644452434     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (3)

1. H. Brody, "Bioethicist's Apology," Health, October 6, 2004: 6.
2. Exceptions are R.S. Dresser and J.A. Robertson, "Quality of Life and Non-Treatment Decisions for Incompetent Patients," Law, Medicine and Health Care 17 (1989): 234-44, and In re Storar, 52 N.Y.2d 363,420 N.E.2d 64, 438 N.Y.S.2d 266 (1981).
3. D. Coleman, testimony before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives, Oversight Hearing on Federal Health Programs and Those Who Cannot Care for Themselves: What Are Their Rights, and Our Responsibilities? April 19, 2005.