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Death and dying : opposing viewpoints / James Haley, book editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Greenhaven Press ; (c)2003.; San Diego : Thomson/Gale, (c)2003.Description: 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737712230
  • 9780737712247
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R726.H168.D438 2003
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Contents:
Hospice care improves end-of-life care Joe Loconte -- Hospice care is not appropriate for all terminally ill patients Felicia Ackerman -- Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized Peter Rogatz -- Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized Wesley J. Smith -- Advance directives enable dying patients to control treatment David Kessler -- Advance directives fail to give dying patients control over treatment Peter G. Filene -- The dying must make spiritual peace with death M. Christina Puchalski -- The dying have the right to die angry Marshall B. Kapp -- Nontraditional funerals help the bereaved cope with death Jerri Lyons -- Nontraditional funerals do not help the bereaved cope with death Joe Queenan -- Medical treatment may reduce the pain of grief Katherine Shear -- Grief cannot be managed Stephanie Salter -- Immortality is an achievable and worthy goal Frank R. Zindler -- The human life span should not be extended Leon R. Kass -- Cryonic suspension can extend life beyond death Timothy Leary -- Nano nonsense and cryonics Michael Shermer -- There is an afterlife Susy Smith -- There is no afterlife Paul Kurtz -- Near-death experiences may be glimpses of an afterlife Kenneth Ring -- Near-death experiences have natural, not spiritual causes Barry F. Seidman -- Reincarnation may lead to life after death Tom Shroder -- Reincarnation is a myth Paul Edwards.
Subject: Authors offer various opinions on how end-of-life care should be improved, how people can best cope with death and grief, and whether or not the human life span should be extended.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Hospice care improves end-of-life care Joe Loconte -- Hospice care is not appropriate for all terminally ill patients Felicia Ackerman -- Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized Peter Rogatz -- Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized Wesley J. Smith -- Advance directives enable dying patients to control treatment David Kessler -- Advance directives fail to give dying patients control over treatment Peter G. Filene -- The dying must make spiritual peace with death M. Christina Puchalski -- The dying have the right to die angry Marshall B. Kapp -- Nontraditional funerals help the bereaved cope with death Jerri Lyons -- Nontraditional funerals do not help the bereaved cope with death Joe Queenan -- Medical treatment may reduce the pain of grief Katherine Shear -- Grief cannot be managed Stephanie Salter -- Immortality is an achievable and worthy goal Frank R. Zindler -- The human life span should not be extended Leon R. Kass -- Cryonic suspension can extend life beyond death Timothy Leary -- Nano nonsense and cryonics Michael Shermer -- There is an afterlife Susy Smith -- There is no afterlife Paul Kurtz -- Near-death experiences may be glimpses of an afterlife Kenneth Ring -- Near-death experiences have natural, not spiritual causes Barry F. Seidman -- Reincarnation may lead to life after death Tom Shroder -- Reincarnation is a myth Paul Edwards.

Authors offer various opinions on how end-of-life care should be improved, how people can best cope with death and grief, and whether or not the human life span should be extended.

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