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Death and dignity : making choices and taking charge / Timothy E. Quill.

Title
  1. Death and dignity : making choices and taking charge / Timothy E. Quill.
Published by
  1. New York : W.W. Norton, ©1993.
Author
  1. Quill, Timothy E.

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Additional authors
  1. Dr. Joseph R. Stanton Human Life Issues Library and Resource Center former owner. sch
  2. Value of Life Committee former owner. sch
Description
  1. 255 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Quill advocates that the patient must be an active participant in the process of medical choices whether the decision is to fight the illness or to come to terms with death.
Subject
  1. Initiative 119
  2. Terminal care
  3. Assisted suicide
  4. Living wills
  5. Death > Psychological aspects
  6. Suicide, Assisted
  7. Terminal Care
  8. Attitude to Death
  9. Soins en phase terminale
  10. Aide au suicide
  11. Mort > Aspect psychologique
  12. suicides
  13. Assisted suicide
  14. Terminal care
  15. Euthanasia
  16. Death
Contents
  1. Preface: Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making (reprinted from the New England Journal of Medicine) -- 1. Early Brushes with Death: Formative Experiences as a Resident and Grandson -- 2. The Hippocratic Oath and the Care of the Dying: Reconsidering Medicine's Goals and Values -- 3. Death or Chi-Chi?: The Burdens of Aggressive Medical Treatment -- 4. Comfort Care: A Humane Alternative -- 5. The Limitations of Comfort Care: Double Effects, Double Binds, and Double Standards -- 6. Defining Moments: Compassion and Conflicting Responsibilities -- 7. Public Policy: Exploring a Wider Range of Options for the Dying -- 8. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Potential Clinical Criteria -- 9. Background for Advance Directives: What Can Happen If I Lose Mental Capacity in the Future? -- 10. Advance Directives: Living Will or Health Care Proxy? -- 11. Challenges and Final Thoughts -- Appendix Advance Directives: Definitions, Questions and Answers, Sample Forms.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain