Terminal illness opposing viewpoints /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nakaya, Andrea C., 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2005]
Series:Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Euthanasia.
Contents:
  • ch. 1. Do the terminally ill receive quality end-of-life care?
  • 1. Americans are increasingly well informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Lisa Miller
  • 2. Americans are ill informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Last Acts
  • 3. Advance directives are improving end-of-life care / Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
  • 4. Advance directives do not always improve end-of-life care / Valerie Reitman
  • 5. Hospice care is benefiting the terminally ill / pt. I. Jack D. Gordon ; pt. II. Stephen Kiernan
  • 6. Many minorities are not benefiting from hospice care / Gwen London
  • 7. Care for the dying is inadequate in Western society / Julia Neuberger
  • 8. End-of-life care in developing nations has not been adequately addressed / Peter A. Singer, Kerry W. Bowman
  • ch. 2. How should the physical pain of terminal illness be relieved?
  • 1. Effective pain relief is hampered by inadequate knowledge / Julia Riley
  • 2. Effective pain relief is hampered by drug control laws / Carol Sieger
  • 3. Patients should be allowed to choose terminal sedation / Timothy E. Quill, Ira R. Byock
  • 4. Terminal sedation should not be used in palliative care / Mark B. Blocher
  • 5. Marijuana should be legalized for seriously ill people / Byron Demmer
  • 6. Marijuana should not be legalized for seriously ill people / pt. I. Mark Souder ; pt. II. Janet M. LaRue
  • ch. 3. How can the spiritual and emotional pain of terminal illness be eased?
  • 1. Doctors should speak openly with patients and their families about death / Kerri Wachter
  • 2. Embracing feelings about death before becoming ill is beneficial / Fred Branfman
  • 3. Doctors should address the spirituality of the terminally ill / Myles N. Sheehan
  • 4. Doctors should show more compassion toward the terminally ill / Rachel K. Sobel
  • 5. Doctors should help terminally ill patients die with a clear mind / Josh Fischman
  • ch. 4. Should euthanasia be allowed for terminally ill patients?
  • 1. The terminally ill should be allowed to choose euthanasia / Andrea E. Richardson
  • 2. The terminally ill should not be allowed to choose euthanasia / Margaret Somerville
  • 3. Legalizing euthanasia empowers patients and improves quality of care / Richard T. Hull
  • 4. Legalizing euthanasia eliminates patient autonomy and reduces quality of care / Herbert Hendin
  • 5. Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Faye Girsh
  • 6. Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / Lawrence Rudden, Gerard V. Bradley
  • 7. Euthanasia should be legalized and regulated by the government / Economist
  • 8. Euthanasia should not be legalized and regulated by the government / Matthew Parris.

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