Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making: Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions...

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Neera Bhatia (Deakin University, School of Law, Australia)

Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making

Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions

Neera Bhatia (Deakin University, School of Law, Australia)

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Routledge
07 February 2017

Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Medical & healthcare law; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Medicolegal issues

Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library

Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment are contentious, and offer difficult moral dilemmas to both medical practitioners and the judiciary. This issue is exacerbated when the patient is unable to exercise autonomy and is entirely dependent on the will of others.

This book focuses on the legal and ethical complexities surrounding end of life decisions for critically impaired and extremely premature infants. Neera Bhatia explores decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment from critically impaired infants and addresses the controversial question, which lives are too expensive to treat? Bringing to bear such key issues as clinical guidance, public awareness, and resource allocation, the book provides a rational approach to end of life decision making, where decisions to withdraw or withhold treatment may trump other competing interests.

The book will be of great interest and use to scholars and students of bioethics, medical law, and medical practitioners.

By: Neera Bhatia (Deakin University School of Law Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781138704770
ISBN 10: 1138704776
Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 07 February 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Neera Bhatia is a Lecturer at the Deakin University School of Law, Australia