The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity presents Dignity and dying a Christian appraisal

This book offers a more well-founded perspective for considering some of the significant ethical issues in the field of medicine and health care.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, otros (otros)
Otros Autores: Kilner, John Frederic, editor (-), Miller, Arlene B., 1935- editor (editor), Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920-2013, editor
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Carlisle, U.K.] : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Paternoster Press [1996]
Colección:Horizons in bioethics series
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the experience of dying : a physician's experience / David L. Shiedermayer
  • A nurse's experience / Arlene B. Miller
  • A pastor's experience / Gregory L. Waybright
  • Part I. Guiding vision
  • Autonomy and the right to die / Nigel M. de S. Cameron
  • Death and dying / John T. Dunlop
  • Suffering / Marsha D.M. Fowler
  • Faithfulness in the face of death / Allen D. Verhey
  • Part II. Pressing challenges
  • Forgoing treatment / John F. Kilner
  • Medical futility / C. Christopher Hook
  • Definition of death / B. Holly Vautier
  • Euthanasia and assisted suicide / Edmund D. Pellegrino
  • Part III. Particular settings
  • Nazi Germany's euphemisms / C. Ben Mitchell
  • Oregon's solution / Jerome R. Wernow
  • North American law and public policy / Arthur J. Dyck
  • The Netherlands experiment / Henk Jochemsen
  • Part IV. Constructive alternatives
  • Hospice care / Martha L. Twaddle
  • Long-term care / James R. Thobaben
  • Wise advocacy / James S. Reitman
  • Parish nursing / Norma R. Small
  • Congregational ministry / Dennis P. Hollinger