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Life and death decisions : psychological and ethical considerations in end-of-life care / Phillip M. Kleespies.
Holman Biotech Commons R726.8 .K565 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kleespies, Phillip M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Terminal care.
- Terminal care--Psychologica aspects.
- Terminal Care--ethics.
- Terminal Care--psychology.
- Terminal Care--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Behavioral Medicine.
- Right to Die.
- Euthanasia.
- Suicide, Assisted.
- Advance Care Planning.
- Mental Competency.
- Attitude to Death.
- Medical Subjects:
- Terminal Care--ethics.
- Terminal Care--psychology.
- Terminal Care--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Behavioral Medicine.
- Right to Die.
- Euthanasia.
- Suicide, Assisted.
- Advance Care Planning.
- Mental Competency.
- Attitude to Death.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 203 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]
- Contents:
- Modern end-of-life issues: an overview
- Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life decisions
- The wish to die: decisions that do not prolong and may hasten the dying process
- The wish to die: assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia
- The wish to prolong life
- Alternatives in care near the end of life
- The psychologist's role in end-of-life care
- Concluding thoughts on suffering, dying, and choice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-187) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1591470676
- OCLC:
- 52121356
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