| Description |
xv, 342 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. False dichotomy versus genuine choice : the argument over physician-assisted dying / Margaret P. Battin, Timothy E. Quill -- pt. 1. Perspectives on mercy, nonabandonment, autonomy, and choice -- 1. The quality of mercy / Marcia Angell -- 2. Nonabandonment : a central obligation for physicians / Timothy E. Quill, Christine K. Cassel -- 3. The role of autonomy in choosing physician aid in dying / Thomas Preston, Martin Gunderson, David J. Mayo -- 4. Disability and physician-assisted dying / Andrew I. Batavia -- 5. When suffering patients seek death / Eric J. Cassell -- pt. 2. Clinical, philosophical, and religious issues about the ending of life -- 6.Why do people seek physician-assisted death? / Robert A. Pearlman, Helene Starks -- 7. Doctor-patient communication about physician-assisted suicide / Anthony L. Back -- 8. When hastened death is neither killing nor letting die / Tom L. Beauchamp -- 9. Physician-assisted suicide as a last-resort option at the end of life / Dan W. Brock -- 10. Death : a friend to be welcomed, not an enemy to be defeated / John Shelby Spong -- pt. 3. Open practice in a legally tolerant environment -- 11. The Oregon experience / Linda Ganzini -- 12. The distortion of cases in Oregon / Peter Goodwin -- 13. A model that integrates assisted dying with excellent end-of-life care / Barbara Coombs Lee -- 14. Thirty years' experience with euthanasia in the Netherlands : focusing on the patient as a person / Johannes J.M. van Delden, Jaap J.F. Visser, Els Borst-Eilers -- 15. The death of my father / Herman H. van der Kloot Meijburg -- 16. Assisted death in the Netherlands : physicians at the bedside when help is requested / Gerrit K. Kimsma, Evert van Leeuwen -- pt. 4. Political and legal ferment -- 18. Legal advocacy to improve care and expand options at the end of life / Kathryn L. Tucker -- 19. Physician-assisted suicide : shifting the focus from means to ends / Alan Meisel -- 20. Choice in dying : a political and constitutional context / Sylvia A. Law -- 21. Hastening death : the seven deadly sins of status quo / Charles H. Baron -- Conclusion. Excellent palliative care as the standard, physician-assisted dying as a last resort / Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin. |
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Assisted suicide.
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Assisted suicide. |
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Right to die.
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Right to die. |
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Palliative treatment.
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Palliative treatment. |
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Patient satisfaction.
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Patient satisfaction. |
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Aide au suicide. |
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Droit à la mort. |
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Soins palliatifs. |
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Soins en phase terminale -- Aspect moral. |
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Patients -- Satisfaction. |
| Added Author |
Quill, Timothy E.
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Battin, M. Pabst.
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| ISBN |
080188070X paperback alkaline paper |
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0801880696 hardcover alkaline paper |
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