Defining Death: The Case For Choice

New technologies and medical treatments continue to complicate questions surrounding the moment of death. Distinguished bioethicists Robert M. Veatch and Lainie F. Ross argue that the definition of death is a social question rooted in a person's religious, philosophical, or social beliefs. While ceding that society needs a default definition to proceed in certain cases, the authors state that any decision-making process must allow individuals to make their own choices according to their personal beliefs.

• | Author: Robert M. Veatch|Lainie Friedman Ross
• | Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 168 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1626163553
• | ISBN-13: 9781626163553