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The Ethics of Terminal Care. Orchestrating the End of Life.
Loewy, Erich H.; Springer Loewy, Roberta
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Description for The Ethics of Terminal Care. Orchestrating the End of Life.
Hardback. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. This volume examines some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. It covers topics such as attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; and hospice and pain management. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Today we have more control over how we live and how we die than we ever had before. This fact has produced many ethical problems. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. Unfortunately, little energy is spent dealing with the social and psychological factors within which the medical/biological factors are imbedded. In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die.
Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume ... Read more
Today we have more control over how we live and how we die than we ever had before. This fact has produced many ethical problems. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. Unfortunately, little energy is spent dealing with the social and psychological factors within which the medical/biological factors are imbedded. In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die.
Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306464355
SKU
V9780306464355
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