| Description |
236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index. |
| Contents |
Brain death should determine death / James P. Orlowski -- Brain death may not determine death / Joseph C. Evers, Paul A. Byrne -- People in vegetative states should be considered dead / Robyn S. Shapiro -- People in vegetative states should not be considered dead / Julie Grimstad -- Death should be determined by individual choice / Robert M. Veatch -- Death should be determined by law / James M. Humber -- Hospices provide the best care for the terminally ill / Patricia |
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Anderson -- Hospices may not provide the best care for the terminally ill / Vicki Brower -- Home care may be best for the dying / Deborah Duda -- Hospitals can effectively respond to the dying / Ina Ajemian, Balfour Mount -- Living wills can best enable patients to end treatment / Jane E. Brody -- Living wills do not ensure a patient's right to die / Lauraine Thomas -- Living wills can lead to unnecessary deaths / Raymond Voulo -- Physicians can use advance directives |
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to help dying patients / Carl M. Kjellstrand -- Physicians do not need advance directives / Philip R. Alper -- |
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Grief follows a predictable pattern / Patricia Anderson -- Grief may not follow a predictable pattern / Daniel Goleman -- Cope with death by openly grieving / Stephen Levine -- Open grieving may not be necessary / Norman Klein -- Friends can help the grieving cope with death / Barbara Russell Chesser -- Friends may harm the grieving process / Ira Nerken -- Professionally arranged funerals can help the grieving / National Funeral Directors Association -- Family-arranged |
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funerals can help the grieving / Lisa Carlson -- Human consciousness may survive death / William A. Reinsmith -- Human consciousness does not survive death / Paul Edwards -- Near-death experiences demonstrate the existence of an afterlife / Raymond A. Moody Jr. -- Near-death experiences do not demonstrate the existence of an afterlife / Susan Blackmore -- A belief in an afterlife gives life meaning / Timothy K. Jones -- Belief in an afterlife is folly / Verle Muhrer. |
| Summary |
Presents opposing viewpoints on various issues related to death and dying, including determination of death, treatment of the terminally ill, and coping with grief. |
| Local Note |
June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
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June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
| Subject |
Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Death -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| ISBN |
0899081924 acidfree paper |
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0899081673 paperback acidfree paper |
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