Death and Dying: A Reader

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Author: Thomas A. Shannon

ISBN-10: 0742531945

ISBN-13: 9780742531949

Category: Administration & Management

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Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, this series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. The goal of this series is twofold: first, to provide a set of readers on thematic topics for introductory or survey courses in bioethics or for courses with a particular theme or time limitation. Second, each of the readers in this series is designed to help students focus more thoroughly and effectively on specific topics that flesh out the ethical issues at the core of bioethics. The series is also highly accessible to general readers interested in bioethics.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Biology, consciousness, and the definition of death12Catholic teaching on prolonging life : setting the record straight93Tube feeding and advance progressive dementia314Secondary and tertiary palliative care in U.S. hospitals455The Oregon report : don't ask, don't tell636Responding to requests for physician-assisted suicide : "these are uncharted waters for both of us ..."757Physician-assisted suicide : ten questions938"I could not give her health but I could give her rest" : "it's over, Debbie"979The history of Euthanasia debates in the United States and Britain9910Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act121Index131About the contributors139