This book examines when it is morally appropriate for medical intervention to hasten the dying process. The authors’ overriding goal is to humanize the dying process by expanding patient centered autonomous control.
This book examines when it is morally appropriate for medical intervention to hasten the dying process. The authors’ overriding goal is to humanize the dying process by expanding patient centered autonomous control.
Samuel H. LiPuma is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cuyahoga Community College. Joseph P. DeMarco is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Cleveland State University
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Introduction Part I: Death and Dying: History and Contemporary Issues 1. A Brief History of Death and Dying 2. Medical and Technological Issues regarding Death and Dying 3. Brain Death 4. Death and Dying: International Perspectives 5. What is a good death? 6. Physician and Patient Discussions of Death and Dying Part II: Hospice and Palliative Care 7. The Hospice and Palliative Care Movements 8. Critical Analysis of the Hospice and Palliative Care Movements Part III: On Hastening Death: Old and New Perspectives 10. New Perspectives: Expanding the Options for Hastening Death 11. Special Cases of Dementia and Degenerative diseases 12. Drawing the line 13. Concluding remarks
Introduction Part I: Death and Dying: History and Contemporary Issues 1. A Brief History of Death and Dying 2. Medical and Technological Issues regarding Death and Dying 3. Brain Death 4. Death and Dying: International Perspectives 5. What is a good death? 6. Physician and Patient Discussions of Death and Dying Part II: Hospice and Palliative Care 7. The Hospice and Palliative Care Movements 8. Critical Analysis of the Hospice and Palliative Care Movements Part III: On Hastening Death: Old and New Perspectives 10. New Perspectives: Expanding the Options for Hastening Death 11. Special Cases of Dementia and Degenerative diseases 12. Drawing the line 13. Concluding remarks
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