Publisher's Synopsis
"[Cantor provides] both a cogent and provocative text and prodigious references." -The New England Journal of Medicine
"Cantor develops a careful and accessible ethic of autonomy and dignity regarding forgoing life-prolonging medical treatment . . . " -Ethics
"A thoughtful, informative and sensitive text . . . " -European Medical Journal
"Professor Cantor of Rutgers University School of Law has created a scholarly and sophisticated, yet quite accessible, legal analysis of the subject of advance directives . . . detailed, exhaustively referenced . . . " -The Florida Bar Journal
"This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about advance directives for health care." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"Cantor provides a very thorough, reliable, and readable guide . . . " -Robert M. Veatch, Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Cantor examines the medical, legal, and moral issues surrounding advance medical directives-those devices aimed at controlling medical intervention during the dying process after the patient is no longer competent.
