Last Rights

by Connelly, Robert Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780931722929
• ISBN10: 0931722926
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-03-01
• Publisher: Corona Pub Co

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Ultimate Human Right	p. 1
The Natural Death Act	p. 5
Background	p. 5
Terminal Condition	p. 11
Life-Sustaining Procedures	p. 18
Competence	p. 24
Nursing Homes	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 34
Brain Death Legislation	p. 35
Background	p. 36
The Report of the Harvard Committee on Brain Death	p. 39
Implications of the Harvard Report	p. 43
Brain Death Legislation in the Seventies	p. 46
Texas Brain Death Legislation	p. 48
The Uniform Determination of Death Act	p. 49
Guidelines for Reforming the Texas Act	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 53
The Anatomical Gift Act	p. 54
Background: Transplantation Developments	p. 55
Heart Transplantation	p. 55
Experimental Transplantation	p. 58
Corneal Transplantation	p. 59
Kidney Transplantation	p. 59
End Stage Renal Disease Program	p. 61
The Texas Anatomical Gift Act (TAGA)	p. 65
Alternatives for Increasing the Supply of Organs	p. 70
Presumed Consent	p. 70
Presumed Consent and Limited Option Prior Consent	p. 72
The Sale of Human Cadaver Organs	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 78
The Hospice Approach To Dying	p. 80
Traditional Institutions and the Needs of the Terminally Ill	p. 81
Medical Model	p. 83
Hospice	p. 85
A Case Study	p. 85
The Hospice Concept	p. 86
Patient Autonomy	p. 87
Patient and Family as the Unit of Care	p. 90
Pain Management	p. 92
Other Holistic Characteristics	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 96
Hospice And The Critics	p. 102
Euthanasia as Mercy Killing	p. 103
Suicide	p. 110
Allocation of Resources	p. 114
Hospice And The Mexican American	p. 121
The Presence of Death	p. 122
The Family	p. 132
Relevance of Hospice	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 139
Afterword	p. 142
Appendix A Texas Natural Death Act, Directive to Physicians	p. 147
Appendix B Texas Anatomical Gift Act	p. 149
Appendix C The Living Bank: Registration Form	p. 153
Appendix D Hospice Resources in Texas	p. 156
Appendix E Summary of Hospice Section of Public Law 97-248, September 3, 1982	p. 161
Notes	p. 165
Index	p. 178
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