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Title:

Dying in the twenty-first century : toward a new ethical framework for the art of dying well / edited by Lydia S. Dugdale, MD.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Death--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Dugdale, Lydia S., 1977- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dying, a lost art -- Finitude -- Pluralism and the "good" death -- Hospice and palliative medicine's attempt at an art of dying -- Ritual and practice -- Spiritual preparation -- The role of community -- Children -- The elderly and dementia -- AIDS, the modern plague -- Conclusion : toward a new ethical framework for the art of dying well.

Series:

Basic bioethics

ISBN:

026202912X
9780262029124

LCCN:

2014046102

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)