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9780742535091

Death in the Clinic

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742535091

  • ISBN10:

    0742535096

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-12-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

Death in the Clinic fills a gap in contemporary medical education by explicitly addressing the concrete clinical realities about death with which practitioners, patients, and their families continue to wrestle. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(16)
Lynn A. Jansen
Part I: The Public Meaning of Death
1 Some Reflections on Whether Death Is Bad
17(10)
David J. Mayo
2 Defining Death
27(22)
James L. Bernat
Part II: Facing Death in the Clinic
3 Against the Right to Die
49(17)
J. David Velleman
4 The Skull at the Banquet
66(15)
David Barnard
5 Influence of Mental Illness on Decision Making at the End of Life
81(16)
Linda Ganzini and Elizabeth R. Goy
6 Creative Adaptation in Aging and Dying: Ethical Imperative or Impossible Dream?
97(21)
Celia Berdes and Linda Emanuel
7 Rage, Rage against the Dying of the Light: Not a Metaphor for End-of-Life Care
118(17)
John J. Paris, Michael D. Schreiber, and Robert Fogerty
Part III: After Death: Respect and Cultural Norms
8 Training on Newly Deceased Patients: An Ethical Analysis
135(20)
Mark R. Wicclair
Appendix: Abstracts of the Chapters 155(4)
Index 159(4)
About the Contributors 163

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