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Decision making near the end of life : issues, developments, and future directions / edited by James L. Werth, Jr. and Dean Blevins.

Holman Biotech Commons R726.8 .D435 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Werth, James L.
Blevins, Dean.
Series:
Series in death, dying, and bereavement
The series in death, dying, and bereavement
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Terminal care--Decision making.
Terminal care.
Terminal Care--ethics.
United States.
Decision Making.
Terminally Ill.
Medical Subjects:
Terminal Care--ethics.
United States.
Decision Making.
Terminally Ill.
Physical Description:
xxv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, [2009]
Contents:
Adolescent end-of-life decision-making: family-centered advance care planning / Richard and Maureen E. Lyon
The grip of pain / Jonathan D. Spannhake
Decision making in the absence of advance directives: a personal story of letting go / Laura Crow
A hastened death / Nicola G. Raye
How people die in the United States / Marilyn J. Field
The media and end-of-life choices and decisions / Marilyn Webb
Three female faces: the law of end-of-life decision making in America / Kathy L. Cerminara
End-of-life choices / Phillip M. Kleepsies, Pamela J. Miller, and Thomas A. Preston
Decision making in palliative care / Victor T. Chang and Nethra Sambamoorthi
Communication related to end-of-life care and decisions / Ellen L. Csikai
Dying in institutions / Suzanne S. Prevost and J. Brandon Wallace
What would Terri want?: advance directives and the psychological challenges of surrogate decision making / Peter H. Ditto
The possible impact of mental health issues on end-of-life decision making / James L. Werth, Jr.
Family end-of-life decision making / Sharla Wells-Di Gregorio
Religious and spiritual perspectives on life-threatening illness, dying, and death / Kenneth J. Doka
Culture, individual diversity, and end-of-life decisions / Bert Hayslip Jr. ... [et al.]
Decisions by and for adults with questionnable mental capacity: focus on dementia / Ladislav Volicier
Pediatric patient-oriented problem-solving near the end of life / Chris Feudtner and Anne E. Kazak.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780415954488
0415954487
OCLC:
227205728

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