Terminal illness : opposing viewpoints /
Terminal illness : opposing viewpoints /
Andrea C. Nakaya, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005.
- 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Opposing viewpoints series .
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
chapter. 1. Do the terminally ill receive quality end-of-life care?
1. Americans are increasingly well informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Lisa Miller
2. Americans are ill informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Last Acts
3. Advance directives are improving end-of-life care / Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
4. Advance directives do not always improve end-of-life care / Valerie Reitman
5. Hospice care is benefiting the terminally ill / pt. I. Jack D. Gordon ; pt. II. Stephen Kiernan
6. Many minorities are not benefiting from hospice care / Gwen London
7. Care for the dying is inadequate in Western society / Julia Neuberger
8. End-of-life care in developing nations has not been adequately addressed / Peter A. Singer, Kerry W. Bowman
chapter. 2. How should the physical pain of terminal illness be relieved?
1. Effective pain relief is hampered by inadequate knowledge / Julia Riley
2. Effective pain relief is hampered by drug control laws / Carol Sieger
3. Patients should be allowed to choose terminal sedation / Timothy E. Quill, Ira R. Byock
4. Terminal sedation should not be used in palliative care / Mark B. Blocher
5. Marijuana should be legalized for seriously ill people / Byron Demmer
6. Marijuana should not be legalized for seriously ill people / pt. I. Mark Souder ; pt. II. Janet M. LaRue
chapter. 3. How can the spiritual and emotional pain of terminal illness be eased?
1. Doctors should speak openly with patients and their families about death / Kerri Wachter
2. Embracing feelings about death before becoming ill is beneficial / Fred Branfman
3. Doctors should address the spirituality of the terminally ill / Myles N. Sheehan
4. Doctors should show more compassion toward the terminally ill / Rachel K. Sobel
5. Doctors should help terminally ill patients die with a clear mind / Josh Fischman
chapter. 4. Should euthanasia be allowed for terminally ill patients? --
1. The terminally ill should be allowed to choose euthanasia / Andrea E. Richardson
2. The terminally ill should not be allowed to choose euthanasia / Margaret Somerville
3. Legalizing euthanasia empowers patients and improves quality of care / Richard T. Hull
4. Legalizing euthanasia eliminates patient autonomy and reduces quality of care / Herbert Hendin
5. Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Faye Girsh
6. Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / Lawrence Rudden, Gerard V. Bradley
7. Euthanasia should be legalized and regulated by the government / Economist
8. Euthanasia should not be legalized and regulated by the government / Matthew Parris.
0737729635 (lib. : alk. paper) 0737729643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Euthanasia.
WB 310 T319 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
chapter. 1. Do the terminally ill receive quality end-of-life care?
1. Americans are increasingly well informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Lisa Miller
2. Americans are ill informed about how to obtain quality end-of-life care / Last Acts
3. Advance directives are improving end-of-life care / Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
4. Advance directives do not always improve end-of-life care / Valerie Reitman
5. Hospice care is benefiting the terminally ill / pt. I. Jack D. Gordon ; pt. II. Stephen Kiernan
6. Many minorities are not benefiting from hospice care / Gwen London
7. Care for the dying is inadequate in Western society / Julia Neuberger
8. End-of-life care in developing nations has not been adequately addressed / Peter A. Singer, Kerry W. Bowman
chapter. 2. How should the physical pain of terminal illness be relieved?
1. Effective pain relief is hampered by inadequate knowledge / Julia Riley
2. Effective pain relief is hampered by drug control laws / Carol Sieger
3. Patients should be allowed to choose terminal sedation / Timothy E. Quill, Ira R. Byock
4. Terminal sedation should not be used in palliative care / Mark B. Blocher
5. Marijuana should be legalized for seriously ill people / Byron Demmer
6. Marijuana should not be legalized for seriously ill people / pt. I. Mark Souder ; pt. II. Janet M. LaRue
chapter. 3. How can the spiritual and emotional pain of terminal illness be eased?
1. Doctors should speak openly with patients and their families about death / Kerri Wachter
2. Embracing feelings about death before becoming ill is beneficial / Fred Branfman
3. Doctors should address the spirituality of the terminally ill / Myles N. Sheehan
4. Doctors should show more compassion toward the terminally ill / Rachel K. Sobel
5. Doctors should help terminally ill patients die with a clear mind / Josh Fischman
chapter. 4. Should euthanasia be allowed for terminally ill patients? --
1. The terminally ill should be allowed to choose euthanasia / Andrea E. Richardson
2. The terminally ill should not be allowed to choose euthanasia / Margaret Somerville
3. Legalizing euthanasia empowers patients and improves quality of care / Richard T. Hull
4. Legalizing euthanasia eliminates patient autonomy and reduces quality of care / Herbert Hendin
5. Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Faye Girsh
6. Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / Lawrence Rudden, Gerard V. Bradley
7. Euthanasia should be legalized and regulated by the government / Economist
8. Euthanasia should not be legalized and regulated by the government / Matthew Parris.
0737729635 (lib. : alk. paper) 0737729643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Euthanasia.
WB 310 T319 2005