Philippa Byers
Biographic Data
| ID | 9592002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippa Byers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippa |
| FAMILY NAME | Byers |
| SIGNATURE | BYERS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5526-6207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Truthfulness in dementia care
Truthfulness in dementia careWe value truth-telling, especially given its connection to the norms of honesty and accuracy.Lies and deception we regard as offensive, a boundary crossed only when a countervailing principle of sufficient seriousness can provide a legitimizing warrant
Eudaimonia and well-being: Questioning the moral authority of advance directives in dementia
This paper revisits Ronald Dworkin’s influential position that a person’s advance directive for future health care and medical treatment retains its moral authority beyond the onset of dementia, even when respecting this authority involves foreshortening the life of someone who is happy and content and who no longer remembers or identifies with instructions included within the advance directive. The analysis distils a eudaimonist perspective from…
Dependence and a Kantian conception of dignity as a value
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Dependence and a Kantian conception of dignity as a value
Eudaimonia and well-being: Questioning the moral authority of advance directives in dementia
This paper revisits Ronald Dworkin’s influential position that a person’s advance directive for future health care and medical treatment retains its moral authority beyond the onset of dementia, even when respecting this authority involves foreshortening the life of someone who is happy and content and who no longer remembers or identifies with instructions included within the advance directive. The analysis distils a eudaimonist perspective from…
Truthfulness in dementia care
Truthfulness in dementia careWe value truth-telling, especially given its connection to the norms of honesty and accuracy.Lies and deception we regard as offensive, a boundary crossed only when a countervailing principle of sufficient seriousness can provide a legitimizing warrant
Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (2 works) · Patient Dignity and Privacy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy of medicine (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Autonomy (1 works)