In spite of rapid technological advances and widespread media coverage, the moral issues raised by our choices over life and death in health care remain obscure. This book aims to provide concise, provocative and accessible guide to these moral issues. The author assesses the choices taken by health care professionals, patients and clients which lead to the shortening of life. She does this by drawing on a number of highly topical and controversial real-life examples which include: euthanasia and letting die; the problem of patients in a persistent vegetative state; abortion and the...