Book review. Death’s dominion—ethics at the end of life
Coggon, John (2007) Book review. Death’s dominion—ethics at the end of life. Journal of Medical Ethics, 33, (12), 742. (doi:10.1136/jme.2007.021758 ).
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Death’s Dominion is Simon Woods’ addition to the excellent and thought-provoking Facing Death series. Its timeliness is hardly at issue: the debate on euthanasia, end-of-life care and associated issues looks set to rage for some time. And it comes out at a time when the UK Parliament is debating a palliative care bill, designed to promote a duty of the state to provide palliative care to all who need it. The real concern with a work in this area is knowing whether it is worth reading. I think it is. Relatively few are the texts that deal with palliative care, and fewer still are those that deal with it in such a careful and comprehensive manner. No thorough analysis of issues regarding the roles of the state and health care in individuals’ end-of-life decision-making can afford to ignore the specialty, yet it is often left unmentioned. For anyone who wishes to know about it and to see it in a clear social and ethical context, this book will prove highly valuable
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0306-6800 (print) |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Law > Southampton Law School |
| Item ID: | 343846 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2012 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2012 14:43 |
| Contributors: | Coggon, John (Author) |
| Date: | December 2007 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/343846 |
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