Ethical dilemmas at the end of life
By: edited by Kenneth J. Doka, Bruce Jennings, and Charles A. Corr ; foreword by Jack D. Gordon.
Contributors: Doka, Kenneth J.; Jennings, Bruce, 1949-; Corr, Charles A.
Series: Living with grief
Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Terminal care; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Grief -- Psychological aspects; Terminally ill -- Psychology; Death -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philosophical principles of ethical judgments -- James L. Werth; title: Religious, spiritual, and ideological perspectives on ethics at the end of life -- Cynthia B. Cohen; title: Cultural and religious views on nonbeneficial treatment -- Noel Tiano, -- ElizaBeth Beyer; title: Ethics, end-of-life care, and the law: overview -- Alan Meisel, -- Bruce Jennings; title: How Americans want to die: grassroots values and cultural diversity -- Bruce Jennings; title: Autonomy, consent, and advance directives -- William M. Lamers; title: Initiating, facilitating, and honoring conversations about future medical care -- Bernard J. Hammes, -- Linda A. Briggs; title: When families disagree: family conflict and decisions -- Samira K. Beckwith; title: Ethical dilemmas in surrogate decision making -- Bruce Jennings; title: Rational suicide in terminal illness: the ethics of intervention and assistance -- Thomas Attig; title: Ethical dilemmas in hospice care -- Richard Fife; title: Life cut short: when children die -- Craig M. Klugman; title: Living and dying in nursing homes -- Sandra Johnson; title: Organ donation: ethical issues and issues of loss and grief -- Charles A. Corr; title: Ethics of excess and deprivation: implications for end-of-life care -- Larry R. Churchill; title: Ethics, end-of-life decisions, and grief -- Kenneth J. Doka; title: Emerging ethical issues in the 21st century-- Robert Kastenbaum-- Resources /-- Lisa McGahey Veglahn.