David J Mayo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Mayo |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayo |
| SIGNATURE | MAYO D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota, Duluth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Physician-Assisted Death
Vitalism Revitalized
One of the most potent arguments against physician-assisted death hinges on the worry that people with disabilities will be subtly coerced to accept death prematurely. The argument is flawed. There is nothing new in PAD: the risk of coercion is already present in current policies about end of life care. And to hold that any such risk is too much is tacitly to endorse vitalism and to deny that people with disabilities are capable of choosing authe…
Physician-Assisted Death for the Terminally Ill
To the Editor: Martin Gunderson and David Mayo's argument for physicianassisted euthanasia for the terminally ill is disturbing (Restricting Physician-Assisted Death to the Terminally Ill, HCR, November-December 2000). In arguing the potential benefit of physician-induced death for the terminally ill, a wealth of data that contradicts their thesis is cavalierly ignored. The authors' argument focuses on the use of physician-assisted euthanasia for…
Restricting Physician-Assisted Death to the Terminally Ill
Although physician-assisted death can be a great benefit both to those who are terminally ill and those who are not, the risks for patients in these two categories are quite different. For now it is reasonable to make the benefit available only for those near death, and to await better evidence about the risks before making it more broadly available. (HCR)
Privacy and the Ethics of Outing
This essay argues that, in the absence of a compelling justification, outing is immoral as a violation of privacy. Reasons for respecting privacy involve fundamental interests which encompass information about gay and lesbian sexual orientation. Utilitarian defenses of outing are criticized, as is Richard Mohr's analysis of privacy and defense of outing in the name of dignity. Mohr's claim that gay or lesbian sexual orientation does not fall with…
The Illusion of 'Rational' Suicide
M e Pabst Battin and David J. Mayo, editors of Suicide: The Philosophical Issues, believe that the philosophical issues in suicide are now rapidly resurfacing after nearly a century of eclipse by scientific study, in main medical and sociological. Students of latter disciplines came to see suicide a symptom-both of individual psychopathology and social disorganization. Battin and Mayo suggest that now the questions of what counts as suicide, whet…
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The Illusion of 'Rational' Suicide
M e Pabst Battin and David J. Mayo, editors of Suicide: The Philosophical Issues, believe that the philosophical issues in suicide are now rapidly resurfacing after nearly a century of eclipse by scientific study, in main medical and sociological. Students of latter disciplines came to see suicide a symptom-both of individual psychopathology and social disorganization. Battin and Mayo suggest that now the questions of what counts as suicide, whet…
Privacy and the Ethics of Outing
This essay argues that, in the absence of a compelling justification, outing is immoral as a violation of privacy. Reasons for respecting privacy involve fundamental interests which encompass information about gay and lesbian sexual orientation. Utilitarian defenses of outing are criticized, as is Richard Mohr's analysis of privacy and defense of outing in the name of dignity. Mohr's claim that gay or lesbian sexual orientation does not fall with…
Restricting Physician-Assisted Death to the Terminally Ill
Although physician-assisted death can be a great benefit both to those who are terminally ill and those who are not, the risks for patients in these two categories are quite different. For now it is reasonable to make the benefit available only for those near death, and to await better evidence about the risks before making it more broadly available. (HCR)
Physician-Assisted Death for the Terminally Ill
To the Editor: Martin Gunderson and David Mayo's argument for physicianassisted euthanasia for the terminally ill is disturbing (Restricting Physician-Assisted Death to the Terminally Ill, HCR, November-December 2000). In arguing the potential benefit of physician-induced death for the terminally ill, a wealth of data that contradicts their thesis is cavalierly ignored. The authors' argument focuses on the use of physician-assisted euthanasia for…
Vitalism Revitalized
One of the most potent arguments against physician-assisted death hinges on the worry that people with disabilities will be subtly coerced to accept death prematurely. The argument is flawed. There is nothing new in PAD: the risk of coercion is already present in current policies about end of life care. And to hold that any such risk is too much is tacitly to endorse vitalism and to deny that people with disabilities are capable of choosing authe…
Physician-Assisted Death
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Palliative care (2 works)