The Ethics of Terminal Care Orchestrating the End of Life /

• Main Authors: Loewy, Erich H. (Author), Loewy, Roberta Springer. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Internal medicine.; Geriatrics.; Medical research.; Medical laws and legislation.; Quality of life.; Quality of Life Research.; Internal Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Medical Law.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Today we have more control over how we live and how we die than we ever had before. This fact has produced many ethical problems. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. Unfortunately, little energy is spent dealing with t...

Table of Contents:

• Dying, Death and Attitudes
• Questions, Methods and the Problem of Autonomy
• The Concept of Orchestrating Death
• Sudden Death and the End of Life
• Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• Hospice and the End of Life
• Challenges for Tomorrow: Where Do We Go from Here?.