Managing mortality : ethics, euthanasia, and the termination of medical treatment

Managing mortality : ethics, euthanasia, and the termination of medical treatment /

Lectures presented at a 1992 conference by family members of patients in persistent vegetative states or with terminal illness. They describe what they and their families went through in order to either terminate use of respirators and/or artificial nutrition and hydration or to insist on their use.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of Minnesota. Center for Biomedical Ethics
Format: DVD
Language:English
Published: 1992.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Medical ethics > Congresses
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses.
Families > Medical care > Congresses.
Right to die > Law and legislation > Congresses.
Right to die > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses.
Ethics, Medical
Euthanasia
Family
Right to Die
Congress
Table of Contents:
  • 1-4. Landmark right-to-die cases
  • 5-6. Rights of parents and families in terminating care for relatives who were never competent
  • 7-8. Recoveries from the persistent vegetative state: miracles or tragedies?
  • 9-10. End of life decisions outside the courtroom
  • 11. Medical futility and the rights of families
  • 12. Assisted suicide and euthanasia.

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