Oxford University Press по журналам "The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy"
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1984-02-01)“Uprightness” was termed the “leitmotiv in the formation of the human organism” by Erwin Straus (1966, p. 139). He felt that without it the human being was certainly doomed to die. Yet, what happens with those who are ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1987-08-01)Discussions regarding abortion are often misguided and confused. This paper critically examines the extreme liberal view, which argues that neither the fetus, at any stage of development, nor the young infant has a right ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1992-02-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1984-08-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1990-04-01)The authors use the term “principlism” to refer to the practice of using “principles” to replace both moral theory and particular moral rules and ideals in dealing with the moral problems that arise in medical practice. ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1986-08-01)Arthur Caplan has argued that the presumptive naturalness, universality, and inevitability of aging are no obstacles to conceptualizing aging as a disease since those traits are themselves merely contingent. Moreover, aging ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1985-05-01)Several definitions of paternalism from the contemporary literature are examined. These are all found to be more or less defective when tested against various counterexamples. An alternative definition is subsequently ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1995-02-01)The randomization ingredient in double-blind controlled experiments may be objectionable to patients who, in their desperation, come to such trials seeking a last chance of cure. Minogue et al., who view such a situation ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1993-06-01)Defenders of patient autonomy have successfully supported the legal adoption of advance directives. More recently, some defenders of patient autonomy have also supported the legalization of voluntary active euthanasia. ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1979-03-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1993-12-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1992-12-01)For some patients, a right to receive euthanasia will not enhance autonomy in the morally relevant sense. Even if these patients choose wisely whether to exercise their right to die, they will still be harmed by having ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1988-02-01)How are we to decide where our scarce medical resources are most effectively spent? The notion of a quality-adjusted-life-year has been proposed as a way of doing this. Some economists appear to think that this can be done ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1991-10-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1985-11-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1993-06-01)We assume that a statute permitting physician assisted death has been passed. We note that the rationale for the passage of such a statute would be respect for individual autonomy, the avoidance of suffering and the ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1983-05-01)In a recent Article Carla Kary (1980) attempts to show that there should be a significant moral difference between instances of killing and letting die. I shall maintain in Section I that Kary's argument is somewhat weakened ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1976-09-01)
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1991-02-01)The theology of John Calvin has deeply affected the American mentality through two streams of thought, Puritanism and Jansenism. These traditions formulate moral problems in terms of absolute, clear principles and avoid ...
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(The University of Chicago Press, 1980-12-01)
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