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The Ethics of Terminal Care

Orchestrating the End of Life

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Erich H. Loewy

    1. University of California, Davis Sacramento

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  2. Roberta Springer Loewy

    1. University of California, Davis Sacramento

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-4

  3. Dying, Death and Attitudes

    Pages 5-22

  4. Questions, Methods and the Problem of Autonomy

    Pages 23-54

  5. The Concept of Orchestrating Death

    Pages 55-87

  6. Sudden Death and the End of Life

    Pages 89-103

  7. Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

    Pages 105-131

  8. Hospice and the End of Life

    Pages 133-152

  9. Challenges for Tomorrow: Where Do We Go from Here?

    Pages 153-173

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-181
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About this book

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 the social and psychological factors within which the medical/biological factors are imbedded. In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die.
Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume will be of interest to all who work with terminally ill patients.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Davis Sacramento

    Erich H. Loewy, Roberta Springer Loewy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ethics of Terminal Care

  • Book Subtitle: Orchestrating the End of Life

  • Authors: Erich H. Loewy, Roberta Springer Loewy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46836-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46435-5Published: 31 August 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4002-2Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-46836-0Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 181

  • Topics: Ethics, Quality of Life Research, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Medical Law

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