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"In this volume, leading philosophers discuss the evaluation of death and its relevance for health policy. The authors challenge the current practice of assessing newborn deaths as the worst ones. It also discusses whether stillbirths should be included in our evaluation of deaths, and whether...

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Other Authors:	Gamlund, Espen, 1976- (Editor), Solberg, Carl Tollef, 1988- (Editor), McMahan, Jeff (writer of foreword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Series:	Population-level bioethics series.
Subjects:	Death > Moral and ethical aspects. Death > Social aspects. Mortality > Statistics. Medical policy. Values. Death > Psychological aspects. Quality of life. Bioethics. Life > Economic aspects. Attitude to Death Value of Life Quality of Life Right to Die > ethics Bioethical Issues Health Policy Mort > Aspect moral. Mort > Aspect social. Politique sanitaire. Mort > Aspect psychologique. Vie > Aspect économique. Qualité de la vie. Bioéthique. quality of life. PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism. Mortality Death > Moral and ethical aspects Death > Social aspects Medical policy Mortality > Statistics Values Electronic books. Statistics
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Summary:	"In this volume, leading philosophers discuss the evaluation of death and its relevance for health policy. The authors challenge the current practice of assessing newborn deaths as the worst ones. It also discusses whether stillbirths should be included in our evaluation of deaths, and whether the deaths of young children are worse than that of newborns"--
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190921446 0190921447 0190921420 9780190921439 0190921439 9780190921422