Casebook on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying (Indiana University Press, 1988)
Companion vol. to: Guidelines on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index
Introduction - Cynthia B. Cohen -- - pt. 1 - Making treatment decisions : the decisionmaking process. Whose decision? The case of Roy Gantos - Commentary by Susan M. Wolf -- - A question of capacity : the case of Megan O'Rourke - Commentary by Dan W. Brock -- - pt. 2 - Specific treatment modalities. Communication problems : the case of Horace Berlin - Commentary by Eric J. Cassell -- - Ethics or the law? The case of Susan Pagari - Commentary by Harold Edgar -- - Pirate's beer : the case of Richard Fallon - Commentary by Bruce Jennings -- - "But he never told me not to" : the case of Jim Adams - Commentary by Eric J. Cassell -- - Was she ready to die? The case of grandmother Chang - Commentary by Ruth Oratz -- - The patient as stranger : the case of Mr. Jaworski - Commentary by David H. Miller -- - "I've lived long enough" : the case of Sarah Green - Commentary by Paul Homer and Harry R. Moody -- - Life versus religious liberty : the case of Jamal Burke
- Commentary by Susan M. Wolf -- - Too sick to eat : the case of Joseph - Commentary by Daniel Callahan -- - "No patient of mine will ever starve to death!" : the case of Mrs. Franklin - Commentary by Lois K. Evans --Shadows from the Holocaust : the case of Rachel and David - Commentary by Bruce Jennings -- - The old man's friend : the case of Carl Jurgen - Commentary by Ellen Olson -- - Gambling on palliation : the case of Doris Van Cleve - Commentary by Ruth Oratz -- - Morpheus or death : the case of Nicholas Miklovich - Commentary by Joanne Lynn -- - pt. 3 - Prospective planning : advance directives. Poetic license : the case of Theo - Commentary by Cynthia B. Cohen -- - "Macho man" : the case of Antonio Ruiz - Commentary by Michael C. Cantor -- - pt. 4 - Declaring death. Crossing over : the case of Mrs. Larson - Commentary by Ronald E. Cranford --The long dying : the case of "Flip" Harrow - Commentary by Robert M. Veatch -- - pt. 5
- Policy considerations. By what authority? The case of Mario Costanza - Commentary by Cynthia B. Cohen -- - Too terrible to accept : the case of Maisie Wedmore - Commentary by Ronald E. Cranford -- - No place else to go : the case of Ernest Brown - Commentary by Joanne Lynn -- - Trapped in "the system" : the case of Sam Jones - Commentary by Mathy Mezey -- - The costs of addiction : the case of Rita Anderson - Commentary by Robert M. Veatch -- - When is patient care not costworthy? The case of Gertrude Handel - Commentary by Dan W. Brock