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John Hardwig is a retired philosopher who was head of the philosophy department at the University of Tennessee. [1] He has published widely on bioethics, end of life issues and the notion of epistemic dependency and the role of experts.
Western bioethics is focused on rights, especially individual rights. Islamic bioethics focuses more on religious duties and obligations, such as seeking treatment and preserving life. [35] Islamic bioethics is heavily influenced and connected to the teachings of the Qur'an as well as the teachings of Muhammad. These influences essentially make ...
The Least Worst Death: Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life', Margaret Pabst Battin, Oxford University Press, February 17, 1994, ISBN 9780195082654; Drug use in assisted suicide and euthanasia, M Pabst Battin; Arthur G Lipman, Pharmaceutical Products Press, May 30, 1996, ISBN 9781560248149
Euthanasia efforts were revived during the 1960s and 1970s, under the right-to-die rubric, physician assisted death in liberal bioethics, and through advance directives and do not resuscitate orders. Several major court cases advanced the legal rights of patients, or their guardians, to withdraw medical support with the expected outcome of death.
Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36 just before completing a decade of training as a neurosurgeon. In his heartbreaking and posthumous memoir, "When Breath ...
Bioethics Briefings [16] is a free online Hastings Center resource for students, journalists, and policymakers on bioethics issues of high public interest, such as abortion, brain injury, racism and health equity, organ transplantation, physician-assisted death, and stem cell research. The chapters are written by leading ethicists and are ...
Eric Jonathan Goldstein was born on August 29, 1928, in New York City. [1] He and his brother changed their surname to Cassell to render it closer to their grandfather's name, which was changed at Ellis Island. [1]
His death followed that of actor Cory Monteith, who died of an overdose in July 2013 shortly after a 30-day stay at an abstinence-based treatment center. In Cincinnati, an entry point for heroin heading to Kentucky, the street dealers beckoning from corners call it “dog” or “pup” or “dog food.”