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Turning points at life's end; Rights of the dying patient; The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care; Pain control; What you should expect from your doctors and nurses; Family and friends; The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death; What options have been u…

Author: Wanzer, Sidney H; Glenmullen, Joseph

Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xii, 209 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Right to Die; Living Wills; Advance Directives; Advance Care Planning; Decision Making; Terminal Care; Euthanasia; Suicide, Assisted; Popular Work

Abstract: Turning points at life's end; Rights of the dying patient; The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care; Pain control; What you should expect from your doctors and nurses; Family and friends; The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death; What options have been used in the past to hasten death?; Helium : newly used method to end suffering; Differentiating sadness at the end of life from clinical depression; The special case of irreversible dementia and end-of-life management; Planning ahead with advance directives : staying in control; Allowing a merciful death; Appendix A: Historical background of the end-of-life movement and current national organizations; Appendix B: Oregon and physician-assisted dying; Appendix C: The international scene; Appendix D: End-of-life organizations; Appendix E: Sample living will; Appendix F: Health care proxy form with optional attachment; Appendix G: Proposed authorization for ending life in situations of irreversible and progressive cognitive decline.

ISBN: 9780738210834; 0738210838

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W85.5 W252 2007

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