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Terminal illness : opposing viewpoints / Andrea C. Nakaya, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005.Description: 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0737729635 (lib. : alk. paper)
  • 0737729643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • WB 310 T319 2005
Contents:
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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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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