Title End-of-life decisions : a psychosocial perspective / edited by Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner.

Publication Info.	Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, [1998]
	©1998

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	174.24 E56E	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xv, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Issues in psychiatry
	Issues in psychiatry.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Foreword / Paul S. Appelbaum -- Introduction / Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner -- Competence to refuse life-sustaining treatment / Stuart J. Youngner -- Depression and the refusal of life-saving medical treatment / Mark D. Sullivan -- Family dynamics in decisions to withhold or withdraw treatment / Ellen Rothchild -- Obstacles to doctor-patient communication at the end of life / Mary F. Morrison -- Consultation to end-of-life treatment decisions in children / Julie R. Van der Feen, Michael S. Jellinek --
	End-of-life decisions in AIDS / Alexandra Beckett -- Evaluating patient requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in terminal illness : the role of the psychiatrist / Susan D. Block, J. Andrew Billings -- Legal aspects of end-of-life decision making / Alan Meisel -- Termination-of-treatment decisions : ethical underpinnings / David Mayo -- Physician-assisted suicide : moral questions / Daniel Callahan.
Subject	Euthanasia -- Psychological aspects.
	Euthanasia -- Social aspects.
	Right to die -- Psychological aspects.
	Right to die -- Social aspects.
	Death -- Psychological aspects.
	Right to Die.
	Decision Making.
	Counseling.
	Suicide, Assisted -- psychology.
	Euthanasia, Passive -- psychology.
Added Author	Steinberg, Maurice.
	Youngner, Stuart J.
ISBN	0880487569 (acid-free paper)

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