None of the literature in the field of terminal care provides a full treatment of the laws, documents, and policies relating to the difficult issues arising at the end of life. When Life Ends was written to fill this gap by an attorney who serves on the bioethics committee of a large public hospital. It is an invaluable resource and practical tool for physicians, nurses, medical staffs, legal professionals, hospital administrators, and hospital bioethics committees because it provides: 1) in-depth legal commentaries on the refusal of life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, surrogate...
None of the literature in the field of terminal care provides a full treatment of the laws, documents, and policies relating to the difficult issue...
Dramatic advances in medical technology make it possible to keep an individual alive well after life would otherwise be untenable. These medical advances raise complex and disturbing questions about the appropriateness of allowing or even helping a person to die. This provocative new book provides guidelines for dealing with the sensitive legal and ethical issues surrounding an individual's right to die. Designed to give a global perspective on these contemporary issues, "To Die or Not to Die?" integrates the ideas and experiences of ten authorities from different disciplines, cultures,...
Dramatic advances in medical technology make it possible to keep an individual alive well after life would otherwise be untenable. These medical ad...
While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not totally understand the law applicable to cases of dying patients, or even the legal definition of death itself. In the wake of advances in medical technology, recent court decisions on the right to die, the enactment of natural death and brain death statutes, advance directives and living wills, and growing use of organ transplantation, there has been widespread concern about the legal and ethical issues surrounding these subjects. This book, written...
While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not total...
How do doctors and nurses communicate with frightened patients who are dying, address the needs and concerns of the patients, and help the patients arrive at an acceptance of death? This work deals with the relationship that the health care team has with the dying and how well that team is prepared to address the fears of the dying. In addition, the health care team must learn to deal with their own emotions and ignorance concerning death. This work should be of interest to those professions that deal closely with dying people.
How do doctors and nurses communicate with frightened patients who are dying, address the needs and concerns of the patients, and help the patients...
Erik Zukor is a soldier killed in World War II. Sarah, his grief-stricken wife, learns of a child who claims that he has memories of a previous life as Erik and that he is her husband reborn After skeptics dismiss the claim, Sarah turns to John Aldrich, the world's most famous authority on reincarnation, to confirm the validity of the child's story. Although dying, he agrees and, racing against time, must use all of his meticulous research methods and a special test to find out whether the child's claim is an elaborate hoax or an authentic case. Meanwhile Sarah becomes the prey of a hunter...
Erik Zukor is a soldier killed in World War II. Sarah, his grief-stricken wife, learns of a child who claims that he has memories of a previous life a...
