Caring for the Dying Critical Issues at the Edge of Life

Name: Caring for the Dying Critical Issues at the Edge of Life
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ISBN: 9781573929691

ISBN-10: 1573929697

ISBN-13: 9781573929691

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert M. Baird, Stuart E. Rosenbaum

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Since 1997, when Oregon enacted a law permitting physician-assisted suicide, the public debate over end-of-life issues has turned in a new direction. A major response to this law has been increased attention to providing support for the dying in ways that lessen the felt need for assisted suicide. The result has been renewed emphasis on hospice, palliative care, and the spiritual needs of the dying, as well as on advanced directives to settle legal matters. These are the four critical issues addressed by leading experts in this outstanding collection of recent articles on this controversial topic. An underlying theme of all the contributions is that end-of-life needs vary for each…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Stuart E. Rosenbaum is professor of philosophy at Baylor University.



Introduction




The Hospice Movement



Debunking the Myths of Hospice




A Comparison of Hospice in the U.K. and the U.S.




Changing the Game in the Intensive Care Unit: Letting Nature Take Its Course




Beyond "Death with Dignity": A Hospice Vignette




What's in a Name?




Palliative Care at the End of Life



A Caregiver's Quandary: How Am I to Evaluate and Respond to the Other's Suffering?




Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative




Caring for the Dying - Congressional Mischief




House Testimony on the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999




House Testimony on the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999




Existential Suffering and Palliative Sedation: A Brief Commentary with a Proposal for Clinical Guidelines




Palliative Sedation vs. Terminal Sedation: What's in a Name?




Spiritual Caring for the Dying



Spirituality and Care at the End of Life




Spiritual Care at the End of Life




Control Theory in Dying: What Do We Know?




In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers




The Jewish Patient and Terminal Dehydration: A Hospice Ethical Dilemma




Legal Issues at the End of Life



Avoiding Family Feuds: Responding to Surrogate Demands for Life-Sustaining Interventions




Commentary: Anxieties as a Legal Impediment to the Doctor-Proxy Relationship




Commentary: From Contract to Covenant in Advance-Care Planning




Twenty-five Years after Quinlan: A Review of the Jurisprudence of Death and Dying



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