TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nakaya,Andrea C.
TI  - Terminal illness: opposing viewpoints 
T2  - Opposing viewpoints series
SN  - 0737729635 (lib. : alk. paper)
U1  - WB 310 T319 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Palliative treatment
KW  - Euthanasia
N1  - 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
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