End-of-life decision making
Subtitle: a cross-national study
By: Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick.
Contributors: Blank, Robert H.; Merrick, Janna C.
Series: Basic bioethics
Publisher: MIT Press; The MIT Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Terminal care -- Cross-cultural studies; Palliative treatment -- Cross-cultural studies; Medical policy -- Cross-cultural studies; Death -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : issues at the end of life / Robert H. Blank; title: Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality / Léo Pessini; title: End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing / Li Yiting, ... [et al.]; title: End-of-life decision making in Germany / Alfred Simon; title: End-of-life decision making in India / Sunil K. Pandya; title: End-of-life decision making in Israel / Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt; title: End-of-life care in Japan / Darryl Macer; title: End-of-life decision making in Kenya / Angela Wasunna; title: End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands / Henk ten Have; title: End-of-life decision making in Taiwan / Tai-Yuan Chiu; title: End-of-life decision making in Turkey / Sahin Aksoy; title: Death policy in the United Kingdom / Richard Ashcroft; title: Death and dying : the American experience / Janna C. Merrick; title: Summary : the state of end-of-life policy / Robert H. Blank.