Death Rites

Robert Lee, Derek Morgan

List of contributors, Preface Law, ethics and death: silence and symbolism, 1 AGAINST THE DEFINITION OF BRAINSTEM DEATH, 2 ‘WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?’, 3 POWER OVER DEATH: THE FINAL STING, 4 CORPSES, RECYCLING AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES, 5 MEDICAL FUTILITY: CPR, 6 ICU TRIAGE: THE ETHICS OF SCARCITY, THE IDEAL OF IMPARTIALITY AND THE INADVERTENT ENDORSEMENT OF EVIL, 7 FROM VISION TO SYSTEM: THE MATURING OF THE HOSPICE MOVEMENT, 8 ANIMAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS: MEDICAL ETHICS AND THE KILLING OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS, 9 TAILORING MULTIPARITY: THE DILEMMAS SURROUNDING DEATH BY SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF PREGNANCY, 10 DISASTERS: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES IN SHAPING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF DEATH, 11 RELATIVELY LATE PAYMENTS: DAMAGES BEYOND DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT, 12 RISKING DEATH BY DANGEROUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE CRIMINAL LAW, 13 DEATHLY SILENCE: DOCTORS’ DUTY TO DISCLOSE DANGERS OF DEATH, Index