Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making

by Allen Buchanan and Dan W. Brock

Book Overview

This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent - and yet in some respects most neglected - problems in bioethics: decision-making for incompetents. Part I develops a general theory for making treatment and care decisions for patients who are not competent to decide for themselves. It provides an in-depth analysis of competence, articulates and defends a coherent set of principles to specify suitable surrogate decisionmakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521311969
• ISBN13: 9780521311960
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Impressed

Buchanan write a very thought provoking book. Deciding for others is an important part of making policy, and indeed should be considered by anyone who cares for those who cannot care for themselves or make their needs/desires known.