Advance Care Decision Making in Germany and Italy A Comparative, European and International Law Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Negri, Stefania. (Editor), Taupitz, Jochen. (Editor), Salki♯!, Amina. (Editor), Zwick, Anna. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Ver©œffentlichungen des Instituts f©ơr Deutsches, Europ©Þisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universit©Þten Heidelberg und Mannheim, 41
• Subjects: Law.; Public health.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Medical laws and legislation.; Medical Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Public Health.; European Law.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: X, 279 p. 6 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642405556
• ISSN: 1617-1497

What is the situation of people who are unable to make decisions due to a physical or mental change? This book gives impulses and answers to many ethical, economical and mainly legal questions which arise and are associated with the end of life. A universal human rights approach and the analysis of the relevant European law are put in front of the presentation of the national legal situations in Italy and Germany. The most topical and controversial issues concerning advance care planning are presented as well as a transnational economic analysis on the effects of advance care planning.