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Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion
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Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion

Author: Constance E Putnam
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Constance E Putnam
ISBN: 0897899210 9780897899215
OCLC Number: 49711883
Description: xv, 209 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The matter of death -- Origins of the debate. Starting with Hippocrates ; Hospice ; Profile: Dame Cicely Saunders ; Hemlock ; Profile: Derek Humphry -- Whose death is it, anyway?. Kinds of rights ; The right to die ; Killing vs. letting die ; The integrity of the profession -- Dealing with death. Do-it-yourself help ; Profile: Jack Kevorkian ; Legal help ; Profile: Herbert Cohen ; Medical help ; Profile: Timothy Quill -- Putting principles into practice. Using external principles for evaluation ; Using internal principles for evaluation ; Pain and dignity-of-life arguments ; The trajectory of a life ; Doctor-patient dialogue ; Profile: Joanne Lynn -- Death matters. Common ground, compromises, and conclusions ; Consequences and implications for society ; Heroic compassion: hospice and hemlock.
Responsibility: Constance E. Putnam ; foreword by Timothy E. Quill.
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