| Description |
xxv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The series in death, dying, and bereavement |
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Series in death, dying, and bereavement.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Adolescent end-of-life decision-making : family-centered advance care planning / Richard and Maureen E. Lyon -- The grip of pain / Jonathan D. Spannhake -- Decision making in the absence of advance directives : a personal story of letting go / Laura Crow -- A hastened death / Nicola G. Raye -- How people die in the United States / Marilyn J. Field -- The media and end-of-life choices and decisions / Marilyn Webb -- Three female faces : the law of end-of-life decision making in America / Kathy L. Cerminara -- End-of-life choices / Phillip M. Kleepsies, Pamela J. Miller, and Thomas A. Preston -- Decision making in palliative care / Victor T. Chang and Nethra Sambamoorthi -- Communication related to end-of-life care and decisions / Ellen L. Csikai -- Dying in institutions / Suzanne S. Prevost and J. Brandon Wallace -- What would Terri want? : advance directive and the psychological challenges of surrogate decision making / Peter H. Ditto -- The possible impact of mental health issues on end-of-life decision making / James L. Werth, Jr. -- Family end-of-life decision making / Sharla Wells-Di Gregorio -- Religious and spiritual perspectives on life-threatening illness, dying, and death / Kenneth J. Doka -- Culture, individual diversity, and end-of-life decisions / Bert Hayslip Jr. ... [et al.] -- Decisions by and for adults with questionnable mental capacity : focus on dementia / Ladislav Volicier -- Pediatric patient-oriented problem-solving near the end of life / Chris Feudtner and Anne E. Kazak. |
| Subject |
Terminal care -- Decision making.
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Terminal Care -- ethics -- United States.
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Decision Making -- United States.
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Terminally Ill -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Werth, James L.
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Blevins, Dean.
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| ISBN |
9780415954488 hardbound alkaline paper |
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0415954487 hardbound alkaline paper |
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