Bibliograph

To die well, your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life, Sidney H. Wanzer, Joseph Glenmullen

Type

Label

To die well, your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life, Sidney H. Wanzer, Joseph Glenmullen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To die well

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

81453125

Responsibility statement

Sidney H. Wanzer, Joseph Glenmullen

Sub title

your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life

Summary

"A leader in the rigiht-to-die movement, Wanzer advocates measures that allow patients to control decisions about end-of-life treatment and ensure a peaceful death. With the help of Harvard Medical School faculty member Glenmullen (The Antidepressant Solution), Wanzer, himself the former head of Harvard University Law School Health Services, provide clear legal and medical guidelines for the terminally ill and their loved ones who are facing these decisions"--Publishers Weekly

Table Of Contents

Turning points at life's end -- Rights of the dying patient -- The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care -- Pain control -- What you should expect from your doctors and nurses -- Family and friends -- The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death -- What options have been used in the past to hasten death? -- Helium : newly used method to end suffering -- Differentiating sadness at the end of life from clinical depression -- The special case of irreversible dementia and end-of-life management -- Planning ahead with advance directives : staying in control -- Allowing a merciful death

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