Death and dying: history and contemporary issues -- A brief history of death and dying -- The emergence of bioethics: landmark cases in hastening death: 1950-present -- On death: when is a person dead? -- Hospice and palliative care -- The hospice and palliative care movements -- The right to assist...

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Hauptverfasser:	LiPuma, Samuel H. 1962- (VerfasserIn), DeMarco, Joseph P. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London, UK ; Lanham, Md ; New York Rowman & Littlefield International [2019]
Schlagworte:	Sterben Ethik Sterbehilfe Tod Terminal care / Moral and ethical aspects Right to die
Zusammenfassung:	Death and dying: history and contemporary issues -- A brief history of death and dying -- The emergence of bioethics: landmark cases in hastening death: 1950-present -- On death: when is a person dead? -- Hospice and palliative care -- The hospice and palliative care movements -- The right to assisted death and the success of palliative care -- On hastening death: old and new perspectives -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Expanding the use of physician assisted suicide for people with progressive dementia disorders: why impending and inevitable dementia should qualify -- The morality and legality of hastening death -- Cultural attitudes and specious arguments regarding the dying experience
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index 1905
Beschreibung:	xiii, 249 Seiten
ISBN:	9781786608581 9781786608574