To die well : your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life / Sidney H. Wanzer, Joseph Glenmullen.
Record details
- ISBN: 0738210838
- ISBN: 9780738210834
- Physical Description: xii, 209 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st Da Capo Press edition
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Lifelong Books, Da Capo Press, [2007]
- Distributor: London : Perseus Running [distributor].
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Merloyd Lawrence book"--title page.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Subject:
- Right to die.
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- 5 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 179.7 WAN (Text) | 36015000357562 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 179.7 WAN (Text) | 22281500086403 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | 179.7 W (Text) | 39493106152350 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
| Martin Memorial Library | 179.7 (Text) | 38344200248969 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 179.7 WAN (Text) | 0020507337168 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| South Granville Branch Library | 179.7 WANZER (Text) | 42756201280101 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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