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A Conflict Arises In The Clinic Over The Care Of A Critically Ill, Incapacitated Patient. The Clinicians And The Patient's Family Confront A Difficult Choice: To Treat Or Not To Treat? Decisions To Withdraw Or Withhold Life-sustaining Treatment Feature Frequently In The Courts And In The World's Media, With Prominent Examples Including The Cases Of Charlotte Wyatt, In The Uk, And Terri Schiavo, In The Usa. According To Legislation Like The Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Central Issues Are The Welfare (or 'best Interests') Of The Patient, Alongside Any Wishes They Might Have Conveyed, Via An Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List Of Abbreviations; Table Of Reported Cases; Introduction; 1 Judging Law And Ethics At The Limits Of Life; 1.1 Conflicts In The Clinic: The Case Of David Glass; 1.2 Judging Law: Rationality And The Rule Of Law; 1.2.1 Judging Law From Within; 1.2.2 Criteria For Rational Law; 1.2.3 Fuller And The Rule Of Law; 1.2.4 Taking Stock: Criteria For Judging Law; 1.3 Judging Ethics; 1.3.1 Judging Ethics From Within (law): Immanent Critique; 1.3.2 Judging Ethics From Outside (law): Judgments, Principles And Theories 1.4 Conclusion: (not) Just Law2 Law At The Limits Of Life: Children, Welfare And Best Interests; 2.1 Conflicts In The Clinic: The Case Of Charlotte Wyatt; 2.2 Best Interests, Welfare And The Law; 2.2.1 Criminal Beginnings?; 2.2.2 Civil Proceedings?; 2.3 Conclusion: In The Child's Best Interests?; 3 Law At The Limits Of Life: Adults, Incapacity And Precedent Autonomy; 3.1 Conflicts In The Clinic: The Case Of Terri Schiavo; 3.2 Best Interests, Incapacity And Precedent Autonomy; 3.2.1 Best Interests And The Persistent Vegetative State; 3.2.2 Best Interests Beyond The Persistent Vegetative State 3.2.3 Advance Directives3.2.4 Lasting Powers Of Attorney; 3.3 Conclusion: Autonomy Or Welfare?; 4 The Limits Of Law At The Limits Of Life: To Treat Or Not To Treat?; 4.1 Conflicts In The Clinic: To Treat Or Not To Treat?; 4.2 Taking Exception To Exceptions: A Duty To Treat?; 4.3 In The Patient's Best Interests?; 4.3.1 Treating Like Cases Alike?; 4.3.2 Objective Rule(s)?; 4.3.3 Know-ability And Perform-ability?; 4.4 Respecting Autonomy?; 4.5 Subjective Judgments? From Law To Ethics At The Limits Of Life; 4.6 Conclusion: Problems Painting Unicorns With Odysseus 5 Calculating The Value Of Life At The Limits Of Life5.1 Looking For Values In English Law; 5.2 The Value Of Life In English Law; 5.3 Calculating The Value Of Life; 5.3.1 The Intrinsic Value Of Life: The Disutility Of Futility?; 5.3.2 The Instrumental Value Of Life: Worthless Lives?; 5.3.3 The Self-determined Value Of Life: Autonomy Unbound?; 5.4 Subjective Judgments Or Objective Judgments?; 5.5 Conclusion: Beyond Conflict?; 6 A Case For Compromise At The Limits Of Life; 6.1 Beyond Conflict In The Clinic: Towards Compromise; 6.2 Contemplating Compromise; 6.3 Criticising Compromise 6.4 Cause To Compromise: Six Reasons To Compromise6.5 Constructing Compromise: Three Virtues Of Compromising; 6.6 Conclusion: Compromise In Theory And Practice; 7 Crafting Compromise: Courts Or Clinical Ethics Committees?; 7.1 Conflicts In The Clinic Revisited: To Treat Or Not To Treat?; 7.2 Viewing Values In The Court; 7.2.1 For The Courts As Vehicles Of Values; 7.2.2 Against The Courts As Vehicles Of Values; 7.2.3 Law And Ethics In The Courts And Beyond; 7.3 Viewing Values In Clinical Ethics Support; 7.3.1 For The Ethics Support Of Clinical Ethics Support 7.3.2 Against The Ethics Support Of Clinical Ethics Support Richard Huxtable. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English