监狱囚犯临终关怀的伦理问题。

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

作者信息

Cohn F

机构信息

Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.

出版信息

J Law Med Ethics. 1999 Fall;27(3):252-9, 210. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1999.tb01459.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-720x.1999.tb01459.x

PMID:11067602

Abstract

Author contends that the philosophical arguments involving the value of persons, social contract theory, the definition of justice, the notion of just desserts, and a utilitarian calculus of societal benefits and burdens provide support for an ethical imperative to provide end-of-life care to dying prisoners.

摘要

作者认为，涉及人的价值、社会契约理论、正义的定义、应得的概念以及社会效益与负担的功利主义计算的哲学论证，为向濒死囚犯提供临终关怀这一道德要求提供了支持。