Death in the Clinic

Informationen zum Autor Lynn A. Jansen is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Medicine, New York Medical College. Klappentext Death in the Clinic fills a gap in contemporary medical education by explicitly addressing the concrete clinical realities about death with which practitioners, patients, and their families continue to wrestle. Visit our website for sample chapters! Zusammenfassung Death in the Clinic fills a gap in contemporary medical education by explicitly addressing the concrete clinical realities about death with which practitioners! patients! and their families continue to wrestle. Visit our website for sample chapters! Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Public Meaning of Death Chapter 3 Some Reflections on Whether Death is Bad Chapter 4 Defining Death Part 5 Facing Death in the Clinic Chapter 6 Against the Right to Die Chapter 7 The Skull at the Banquet Chapter 8 Influence of Mental Illnes on Decision-Making at the End of Life Chapter 9 Creative Adaptation in Aging and Dying: Ethical Imperative or Impossible Dream? Chapter 10 Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Not a Metaphor for End-of-Life-Care Chapter 11 After Death: Respect and Cultural Norms Chapter 12 Training on Newly Deceased Patients: An Ethical Analysis Chapter 13 Appendix: Abstracts of the Chapters Chapter 14 Index Chapter 15 About the Contributors

Product details

• Authors: Lynn A. Jansen
• Assisted by: Lynn A. Jansen (Editor), Jansen Lynn A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780742535091
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3509-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Practicing Bioethics; Practicing Bioethics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine