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.