Discusses the importance of sharing the realities of death with children, friends, and family members, and of allowing the patient to communicate his or her feelings about dying.
A collection of controversial essays that debate issues associated with death and dying including doctor-assisted suicide, hospice care, and belief in an afterlife.
Twenty-two essays present debate several issues regarding death, including end-of-life care, how the dying and their loved ones cope, efforts to lengthen the human life span, and the question of an afterlife.
A collection of twenty-three essays that examines viewpoints on death and dying from around the world, discussing causes of death, end-of-life care, religion, and funeral practices.
Contains plain-English versions of the original legal texts of nine right-to-die decisions reached in America's courts, beginning with the landmark case of Karen Quinlan in 1976 which established the right to refuse or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, and continuing through the U.S. Supreme Court's 1997 determination on two right-to-physician-assisted-suicide cases.
Presents opposing viewpoints on various issues related to death and dying, including determination of death, treatment of the terminally ill, and coping with grief.
