Advance Directives

By Peter Lack

Book Overview

Preface (Editors).- Part I; History of Advance Directives and Prerequisites for Validity.- 1. Historical Review of Advance Directives; Alfred Simon.- 2. Personal Capacity to Anticipate Future Illness and Treatment Preferences; Marie-Jo Thiel.- 3. Advance Directives in Psychiatry Jochen Vollmann.- Part II; Defining the Scope of Advance Directives.- 4. On the Scope and Limits of Advance Directives and Prospective Autonomy; Robert Olick.- 5. Revocation of Advance Directives; Ralf Jox.- 6. Limitations to the Scope and Binding Force of Advance Directives: the Conflict Between Compulsory Treatment and the Right to Self-Determination;
Jacqueline Atkinson & Jacqueline Reilly.- 7. Advance Directives in the Context of Imprisonment; Bernice Elger.- Part III; Effects on Family, Friends and Professional Relations.- 8. Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis; Mark Aulisio.-

9. Advance Directives and the Role of Family and Close

Persons - Legal Provisions and; Challenges; Margot

Michel.- 10. Advance Directives and the Ethos of Good

Nursing Care; Settimio Monteverde.- Part IV; Ethical

Challenges.- 11. Advance Directives Between Respect

for Patient Autonomy and Paternalism; Manuel Trachsel et

al..- 12. The Use of Advance Directives in the Context of

Limited Resources for Healthcare; Ruth Horn & Ruud ter

Meulen.- 13. From Legal Documents to Patient-Oriented

Processes: The Evolution of Advance Care Planning; Tanja

Krones & Sohaila Bastami.- Part V; Conclusions.- 14.

Concluding Remarks; Editors.- Information on Editors and

Authors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400773765
• ISBN13: 9789400773769
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"