Elders Views On The Right To Die

Author : James M. Humber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1592594484
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physician-Assisted Death written by James M. Humber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994-02-04 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.

Author : Carol Ann Baer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815326755
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elders' Views on the Right to Die written by Carol Ann Baer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies 328 community-dwelling elders' treatment preferences on the use of four life-sustaining treatments, and examines their perceived health status, mental attitudes, and personal characteristics. Reveals a general tendency toward agreement with life-sustaining treatment, with functional capacity greatly influencing choices, and a decline in preference for such treatment according to age. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Adrianna Medina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Elders' Opinions on the Right to Die written by Adrianna Medina and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given that the elder segment of the United States0́9 population will soon account for 20% of our overall population, the opinions and welfare of our elders has become increasingly important. This has led to the resurgence of interest in Right to Die laws. With six U.S. states and the District of Columbia having passed right to die laws, which allow physician assisted suicide to be used in specific circumstances, the need for elders0́9 opinions on the matter arose. This exploratory study has looked into what sociodemographic factors, specifically the increase of age, affect elders0́9 opinions on physician assisted suicide. Using a Pew Research Data set with descriptive and chi square statistics to analyze bivariate and multivariate interactions within the data set. The data set consisted of a nation wide sample of 690 people age 18 to 99 years old. Age, race, religion and marital status all had significant effects on a person0́9s opinion of PAS. When controlling for religion age did have a significant interaction with PAS response in the religions of Catholicism and Judaism. The findings from these future studies would greatly contribute to the areas of public policy/legislation, end of life decisions and the right to die movement by informing advocacy groups, state senates, state houses, healthcare providers and our government where regions are standing on PAS and most importantly which segments of the population will change their opinions over time. As the opinions of youth have been proven to be different in certain sociodemographic variables it is important for law makers to know the trends of how these age groups will change, and what segment of the population they possess, so that it can be accounted for when making policy. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2187

Author : Committee on Care at the End of Life
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309518253
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Approaching Death written by Committee on Care at the End of Life and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."

Author : David Albert Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107198860
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide written by David Albert Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a global panel of experts considers the international implications of legalised euthanasia based on experiences from Belgium.

Author : James E. Thornton
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774843136
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics and Aging written by James E. Thornton and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an important and timely look at issues of ethics in aging. It reflects the complexity of these questions, but develops them in relation to a single general theme: that of the involvement of the elderly in the design of social policy and the research which affects them. Moral problems involving the elderly are many-faceted. Accurate understanding and social response demand some integration of experience, sensibility, and knowledge provided by different perspectives. Ethics and Aging incorporates viewpoints from gerontology, philosophy, law, theology, sociology, psychology, medicine, nursing, and economics.

Author : Robert E. McCue
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319326724
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rational Suicide in the Elderly written by Robert E. McCue and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic. Its frame of reference does not endorse a single point-of-view about the legitimacy of rational suicide, which is evolving across societies with little guidance for geriatric mental health professionals. Instead, it serves as a resource for both those clinicians who agree that older people may rationally commit suicide and those who believe that this wish may require further assessment and treatment. The first chapters of the book provides an overview of rational suicide in the elderly, examining it through history and across cultures also addressing the special case of baby boomers. This book takes an ethical and philosophical look at whether suicide can truly be rational and whether the nearness of death in late-life adults means that suicide should be considered differently than in younger adults. Clinical criteria for rational suicide in the elderly are proposed in this book for the first time, as well as a guidelines for the psychosocial profile of an older adult who wants to commit rational suicide. Unlike any other book, this text examines the existential, psychological, and psychodynamic perspectives. A chapter on terminal mental illness and a consideration of suicide in that context and proposed interventions even without a diagnosable mental illness also plays a vital role in this book as these are key issues in within the question of suicide among the elderly. This book is the first to consider all preventative measures, including the spiritual as well as the psychotherapeutic, and pharmacologic. A commentary on modern society, aging, and rational suicide that ties all of these elements together, making this the ultimate guide for addressing suicide among the elderly. Rational Suicide in the Elderly is an excellent resource for all medical professionals with potentially suicidal patients, including geriatricians, geriatric and general psychiatrists, geriatric nurses, social workers, and public health officials.

Author : Neil M. Gorsuch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691140979
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia written by Neil M. Gorsuch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-12 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Gorsuch builds a nuanced, novel, and powerful moral and legal argument against legalization, one based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate; the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong. At the same time, the argument Gorsuch develops leaves wide latitude for individual patient autonomy and the refusal of unwanted medical treatment and life-sustaining care, permitting intervention only in cases where an intention to kill is present.

Author : Timothy Devos
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030567958
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story written by Timothy Devos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice of euthanasia. They share their experiences and reflections born out of their confrontation with requests for euthanasia and end-of-life support in a country where euthanasia has been decriminalized since 2002 and is now becoming a trivial topic.Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death present the other side of a reality needs to be evaluated more rigorously.Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives, this though-provoking and original book is intended not only for caregivers but also for anyone who questions the meaning of death and suffering, as well as the impact of a law passed in 2002. Presenting real-world cases and experiences, it highlights the complexity of situations and the consequences of the euthanasia law.This book appeals to palliative care providers, hematologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, nurses and health professionals as well as researchers, academics, policy-makers, and social scientists working in health care. It is also a unique resource for those in countries where the decriminalization of euthanasia is being considered. Sometimes shocking, it focuses on facts and lived experiences to challenge readers and offer insights into euthanasia in Belgium.

Author : Derek Humphry
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780960603091
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Right to Die written by Derek Humphry and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: