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Author:

Webb, Marilyn, 1942-

Title:

The good death : the new American search to reshape the end of life / Marilyn Webb.

Edition:

Bantam trade ed.

Publisher:

Bantam Books,

Copyright Date:

1999, c1997

Description:

xxx, 479 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Death--Social aspects--United States.
Death--United States--Psychological aspects.
Death--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Pain--Treatment--United States.
Hospice care--United States.
Bereavement--United States.
Right to die--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-472) and index.

Contents:

Epilogue: The Good Death of Jack Sheedy. Joanne Lynn -- Introduction / Joanne Lynn -- 12. Dying Well: The Death of Judith Obodov Hardin -- 2. Sorcerer's Apprentice: Beyond the Age of Medical Miracles -- 3. Dying Hard: The Death of Peter Ciccone -- 4. When Death Becomes a Blessing: The Problem of Pain -- 5. Tough Love: The Legacy of Karen Ann Quinlan -- 6. Who Decides? Law and Politics at the Edges of Life -- 7. Bearing the Burden: Families in Distress -- 8. Hospice: The Birth of the Modern Art of Dying -- 9. New American Sacred: The Return of Prepared Dying -- 10. Wisdom's Portraits: Midwives at Death's Door -- 11. Dr. Kevorkian's Challenge: Two Deaths in Michigan -- 12. Assisted Dying: The Search for the Least Worst Death -- Conclusion: Toward a New Kind of Hope -- Epilogue: The Good Death of Jack Sheedy.

ISBN:

9780553379877
0553379879

Locations:

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)