Peter A. Clark

Death with Dignity

Ethical and Practical Considerations for Caregivers of the Terminally Ill

Buch

End-of-life issues and questions are complex and frequently cause confusion and anxiety. In Death with Dignity, theologian, medical ethicist, and pastoral caregiver Peter A. Clark examines numerous issues that are pertinent to patients, family members, and health care professionals, including physiology, consciousness, the definition of death, the distinction between extraordinary and ordinary means, medical futility, Do Not Resuscitate orders, living wills, power of attorney, pain assessment and pain management, palliative and hospice care, the role of spirituality in end-of-life care, and physicians' communication with terminal patients. Pa… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-58966-214-8
EAN: 9781589662148
Produktnummer: 7782395
Verlag: University of Scranton Press,U.S.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Masse: H15.6 cm x B23.0 cm x D1.7 cm 364 g
Gewicht: 364
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Peter A. Clark, SJ, is director of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and editor-in-chief of the Internet Journal of Catholic Bioethics.