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Time to go : three plays on death and dying with commentary on end-of-life issues / James O. Ballard, Anne Hunsaker Hawkins.

De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ballard, James O., Editor.
Hawkins, Anne Hunsaker, Editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Right to die--Drama.
Right to die.
American drama--20th century.
American drama.
Do-not-resuscitate orders--Drama.
Do-not-resuscitate orders.
Death--Drama.
Death.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (130 p.)
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Language Note:
English
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
This unusual book presents three prize-winning one-act plays on the hard choices that patients, their families, and their physicians often face at the end of life. The purpose of the volume is to increase awareness and knowledge about advance directives and, beyond that, to facilitate discussion about the many complicated issues surrounding death and dying today.Each play is followed by critical commentary. The introduction provides lucid and succinct explanation of the human, ethical, and legal contexts for the rights of patients in the United States. The volume includes appendices providing values history and living will declarations, durable power of attorney statements, and resource information.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I. Advance Directives: Starting the Dialogue
Introduction
Notes
Part II. The Plays
Journey Into That Good Night / Barta, Berry L.
Stars at the Break of Day / Spence, Marjorie Ellen
Time to Go / McClelland, C. E.
Appendices
Appendix A. The Values History
Appendix B. Living Will Declaration
Appendix C. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Appendix D. Resources for Consumers and Providers
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
ISBN:
1-5128-1678-7
0-585-12683-6
OCLC:
967558292

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