The ethics of end-of-life care for prison inmates

Authors
Cohn, F
Citation
F. Cohn, The ethics of end-of-life care for prison inmates, J LAW MED E, 27(3), 1999, pp. 252
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS
ISSN journal
10731105 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
1073-1105(199923)27:3<252:TEOECF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Author contends that the philosophical arguments involving the value of per sons, social contract theory, the definition of justice, the notion of just desserts, and a utilitarian calculus of societal benefits and burdens prov ide support for an ethical imperative to provide end-of-life cam to dying p risoners.