Dying in the twenty-first century : towards a new ethical framework for the art of dying well /

Dying in the twenty-first century : towards a new ethical framework for the art of dying well / edited by Lydia S. Dugdale. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) - Basic bioethics .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Dying, a lost art / Finitude / Pluralism and the "good" death / Hospice and palliative medicine's attempt at an art of dying / Ritual and practice / Spiritual preparation / The role of community / Children / The elderly and dementia / AIDS, the modern plague / Conclusion : toward a new ethical framework for the art of dying well / Lydia S. Dugdale -- Jeffrey P. Bishop -- Stephen R. Latham -- Farr A. Curlin -- M. Therese Lysaught -- Michelle Harrington and Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Autumn Alcot Ridenour and Lisa Sowle Cahill -- John Lantos -- Daniel Callahan -- Peter A. Selwyn -- Lydia S. Dugdale.



9780262328579


Death--Moral and ethical aspects.


Electronic Books.

BJ1409 / .D956 2015