Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion / Constance E. Putnam ; foreword by Timothy E. Quill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putnam, Constance E., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospice care.

Terminal care.

Physical Description:

xv, 209 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

This guide introduces general readers to people with personal stakes in the right-to-die conundrum.

Contents:

1. The Matter of Death 1

2. Origins of the Debate 25

Starting with Hippocrates 28

Hospice 30

Profile: Dame Cicely Saunders 41

Hemlock 44

Profile: Derek Humphry 51

3. Whose Death Is It, Anyway? 65

Kinds of Rights 69

The Right to Die 70

Killing vs. Letting Die 82

The Integrity of the Profession 93

4. Dealing with Death 105

Do-It-Yourself Help 110

Profile: Jack Kevorkian 115

Legal Help 118

Profile: Herbert Cohen 129

Medical Help 132

Profile: Timothy Quill 135

5. Putting Principles into Practice 149

Using External Principles for Evaluation 149

Using Internal Principles for Evaluation 157

Pain and Dignity-of-Life Arguments 159

The Trajectory of a Life 161

Doctor-Patient Dialogue 164

Profile: Joanne Lynn 168

6. Death Matters 177

Common Ground, Compromises, and Conclusions 178

Consequences and Implications for Society 183

Heroic Compassion: Hospice and Hemlock 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897899210

OCLC:

49711883