Death and dying
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: James Haley, book editor.
Contributors: Haley, James, 1968-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Death; Terminal care; Euthanasia; Assisted suicide
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hospice care improves end-of-life care -- Joe Loconte; title: Hospice care is not appropropriate for all terminally ill patients -- Felicia Ackerman; title: Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized -- Peter Rogatz; title: Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized -- Wesley J. Smith; title: Advance directives enable dying patients to control treatment -- David Kessler; title: Advance directives fail to give dying patients control over treatment -- Peter G. Filene -- The; title: dying must make spiritual peace with death -- M. Christina Puchalski -- The; title: dying have the right to die angry -- Marshall B. Kapp; title: Nontraditional funerals help the bereaved cope with death -- Jerri Lyons; title: Nontrational funerals do not help the bereaved cope with death -- Joe Queenan; title: Medical treatment may reduce the pain of grief -- Katherine Shear; title: Grief cannot be managed -- Stephanie Salter; title: Immortality is an achieveable and worthy goal -- Frank R. Zindler -- The; title: human life span should not be extended -- Leon R. Kass; title: Cryonic suspension can extend life beyond death -- Timothy Leary; title: Nano nonsense and cryonics -- Michael Shermer; title: There is an afterlife -- Susy Smith; title: There is no afterlife -- Paul Kurtz; title: Near-death experiences may be glimpses of an afterlife -- Kenneth Ring; title: Near-death experiences have natural, not spiritual causes -- Barry F. Seidman; title: Reincarnation may lead to life after death -- Tom Shroder; title: Reincarnation is a myth-- Paul Edwards.