Ethical dilemmas at the end of life

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Doka, Kenneth J., Jennings, Bruce, 1949-, Corr, Charles A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Hospice Foundation of America, [2005]
Series:Living with grief.
Physical Description:
viii, 357 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Grief -- Psychological aspects.
Terminally ill -- Psychology.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Contents:
  • Philosophical principles of ethical judgments / James L. Werth
  • Religious, spiritual, and ideological perspectives on ethics at the end of life / Cynthia B. Cohen
  • Cultural and religious views on nonbeneficial treatment / Noel Tiano, ElizaBeth Beyer
  • Ethics, end-of-life care, and the law: overview / Alan Meisel, Bruce Jennings
  • How Americans want to die: grassroots values and cultural diversity / Bruce Jennings
  • Autonomy, consent, and advance directives / William M. Lamers
  • Initiating, facilitating, and honoring conversations about future medical care / Bernard J. Hammes, Linda A. Briggs
  • When families disagree: family conflict and decisions / Samira K. Beckwith
  • Ethical dilemmas in surrogate decision making / Bruce Jennings
  • Rational suicide in terminal illness: the ethics of intervention and assistance / Thomas Attig
  • Ethical dilemmas in hospice care / Richard Fife
  • Life cut short: when children die / Craig M. Klugman
  • Living and dying in nursing homes / Sandra Johnson
  • Organ donation: ethical issues and issues of loss and grief / Charles A. Corr
  • Ethics of excess and deprivation: implications for end-of-life care / Larry R. Churchill
  • Ethics, end-of-life decisions, and grief / Kenneth J. Doka
  • Emerging ethical issues in the 21st century / Robert Kastenbaum
  • Resources / Lisa McGahey Veglahn.

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